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The art deco Union Station in Omaha, closed to passenger train service in 1971, continues on as the Durham Western Heritage Museum.

first appeared: 2/13/2005

The state’s 1932 Capitol is in Lincoln, not Omaha. Thanks to our readers for catching our mistake.

first appeared: 1/30/2005

Plymouth (pop. 477) was founded in 1872 by New Englanders and named for the Massachusetts colony founded in 1620. When the Rock Island Railroad came to the area in 1892, the town was relocated three miles from its original site, and "new" Plymouth was populated primarily by German immigrants.

first appeared: 1/16/2005

The 1932 Capitol in Lincoln was the tallest building in the state until the 478-foot Woodmen Tower was completed in 1969. The Capitol, whose floor plan is in the shape of a Greek cross, features a 400-foot tower rising from its center, topped by a 19-foot bronze statue, "The Sower."

first appeared: 1/2/2005

The state’s tallest building is the 46-story Tower at First National Center in Omaha.

first appeared: 12/19/2004

The flora, fauna and scientific discoveries made on the Lewis and Clark Expedition are the focus of the Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitors Center in Nebraska City (pop. 7,228), which opened in July.

first appeared: 12/5/2004

Ted Kooser of Garland (pop. 247) was appointed U.S. poet laureate in August. The university professor and author of 10 poetry collections has been described as a "poetic voice for rural and small town America."

first appeared: 11/21/2004

The International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is home to 1,650 quilts dating from the 1700s.

first appeared: 11/7/2004

The Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail is the nation’s longest rails-to-trails project under construction. It will extend 321 miles from Norfolk (pop. 23,516) to Chadron (pop. 5,634) through 29 communities.

first appeared: 10/24/2004

The 240-mile Shannon Trail is named after Pvt. George Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition who got lost for 16 days in 1804 in Nebraska. Statues of Shannon are found in 12 towns, including Niobrara (pop. 379), Hartington (pop. 1,640) and Bloomfield (pop. 1,126).

first appeared: 10/10/2004

Peru State College in Peru (pop. 569) was the first college in the state, founded in 1867, the same year as statehood.

first appeared: 10/3/2004

Thousands of antique marbles are on display at Lee’s Legendary Marbles museum in York (pop. 8,081).

first appeared: 9/19/2004

In 1919, pilot Wade Stevens flew Dr. Frank Brewster of Beaver City (pop. 641) to Kansas to perform surgery. Brewster is credited as the first doctor to use a plane in his profession.

first appeared: 9/12/2004

Warthogs and zebras replaced congregants at a Neligh (pop. 1,651) church, which the town transformed into the Pierson Wildlife Museum Learning Center in 2002. Dr. Kenneth Pierson donated the collection of big-game trophies.

first appeared: 9/5/2004

Actor David Janssen, who starred in television’s The Fugitive from 1963 to 1967, was born in Naponee (pop. 132) in 1931.

first appeared: 8/29/2004

The 750-foot-long Belmont Tunnel near Crawford (pop. 1,107) is the state’s only railroad tunnel. It was carved through rock in 1888.

first appeared: 8/22/2004

Clay and sandstone formations give a moonscape appearance to Toadstool Geological Park near Crawford (pop. 1,107).

first appeared: 8/15/2004

In 1930, Hemingford (pop. 993) sprouted a reputation as the “Potato Capital of the World” by shipping 1,893 railroad cars loaded with spuds.

first appeared: 8/8/2004

Sandstone formations resembling a courthouse and jailhouse near Bridgeport (pop. 1,594) were first noted as landmarks by travelers in the early 1800s.

first appeared: 8/1/2004

Omaha’s 1847 Florence Mill, built by Mormon pioneers, is one of the state’s oldest mills.

first appeared: 7/25/2004

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