Nebraska

Nebraska, one of the states of America, having Dakota on the N, Wyoming and Colorado on the W., Kansas on the S., and separated from Iowa and Missouri by the Missouri river. Its area is 76,855 square miles, most of it wild and uncultivated. On the W. the Rocky Mountains form the Atlantic and Pacific watershed. Its chief rivers are the Missouri, the North and South Platte, and a fork of the Kansas. The centre is part of the Great American Desert, but in the east part are extensive prairies. The climate is good, and there are warm summers. The rich soil produces corn, potatoes, tobacco, hay, and beet. There is salt and coal. The opening of the Union Pacific Railway has helped to develop the state. Bears and other wild animals are numerous. Nebraska became a state in 1867. Capital, Lincoln; largest, town, Omaha.