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  • What is the most important area of manufacturing in our state?
    processing of meats and other food products
  • Malcom X was born in 1025 in Omaha, what else is he known for?
    An activist for African American rights and the nation Islam. and was eventually assassinated in 1965 at 39
  • Who was a famous author from Nebraska ad homesteader? Where did she grow up?
    Willa Catherine and Red Cloud
  • How old was Warren Buffet when he bought his first stock?
    12
  • After their 60 mile journey do the sandhill cranes stop to rest by the Platte River in Nebraska and eat mice, frogs, and snakes?
    yes
  • Who was the 38th president of the U.S
    Ford
  • What is the number one crop in Nebraska?
    Corn
  • What were some of the landmarks that helped the pioneers know how far they traveled?
    Courthouse rock, Scott's Bluff
  • What were some of the Nebraska landmarks that helped the pioneers to know how far they traveled?
    it was a fort built on the Oregon Trail
  • What is a part of Kearney (a bustling cities history?
    it was a fort built on the Oregon Trail
  • Whey did John Pershing decide to attend West Point?
    They would provide a free education, He would be paid to attend, it trained young men to become soliders
  • Who was a western entertainer who started his show in the town of Columbus?
    Buffalo Bill
  • Where do the sandhill Cranes migrate from? Where do they stop to rest and feed?
    from Mexico to Canada. Platte River Valley
  • Is 88% of Nebraska land used for agricultural purposes?
    No
  • What do we know about one of Nebraska's famous people - J. Sterling Morton?
    Was appointed both territorial secretary and governor of our state, owned 1,110 acres of land in which he planted orchards.
  • What is the second largest manufacturing business in our state
    Farm Machinery
  • What percent of Nebraska land is used for farming and ranching?
    93%
  • Who is the person that initiated the holiday set for planting trees? What is this holiday called?
    Arbor Day