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Nebraska Timeline of Events

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  • The "School Children's Blizzard" hits Nebraska
    1888
  • Nebraska's unicameral legislature is created.
    1934
  • Francisco Coronado led an expedition through the territory and claimed it for Spain.
    1541
  • Nebraska is admitted into the Union as the 37th state
    1867
  • The great Omaha tornado kills hundreds of people. It is still known as a famous tornado.
    1913
  • Lewis and Clark explore the eastern part of Nebraska
    1804
  • Mrs. Christiansen graduated from high school
    1997
  • The Declaration of Independence was signed
    1776
  • Arbor Day becomes a holiday
    1872
  • Mrs. Christiansen was born
    1978
  • The "Great Migration" of pioneers along the Oregon Trail begins
    1841
  • Union Pacific Railroad began building lines west from Omaha
    1865
  • Omaha becomes the home of the College World Series
    1950
  • Congress passes the Homestead Act. This gave people free land as long as they "proved" it up.
    1862
  • The Pony Express begins carrying mail from Missouri to California
    1861
  • Smallpox kills almost half of all the Pawnee tribe.
    1831
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