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Established in 1879, the Nebraska Press Association in Lincoln is the state’s oldest trade association.

first appeared: 7/18/2004

In 1913, a highly maneuverable “square turn tractor” with two steel wheels in front and a smaller wheel in back was manufactured in Norfolk (pop. 23,516). A survivor is displayed at the town’s Elkhorn Valley Museum and Research Center.

first appeared: 7/11/2004

Established in 1993, El Museo Latino in Omaha is one of the nation’s few museums dedicated to Latino art and history.

first appeared: 6/27/2004

The Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball in St. Paul (pop. 2,218) showcases artifacts and autographs from 140 ballplayers with Nebraska ties who played for major league teams.

first appeared: 6/20/2004

State Poet William Kloefkorn of Lincoln also used his distinctive voice to win the 1978 state hog-calling contest.

first appeared: 6/13/2004

In 1869, the state donated the territorial Capitol in Omaha for use as a high school, but the building was declared unsafe and a new Central High School was built at the location.

first appeared: 6/6/2004

Locals savor Runza sandwiches made of ground beef, onions, cabbage and spices stuffed in a homemade bread pocket. Sally Everett and her brother, Alex Brening, opened their Runza Drive Inn in 1945 in Lincoln and began franchising Runza restaurants in 1979.

first appeared: 5/30/2004

A giant lone cottonwood served as a landmark as early as 1833 and inspired the name for Lone Tree, later renamed Central City (pop. 2,998). A stone monument marks the tree’s spot.

first appeared: 5/23/2004

Chevyland USA in Elm Creek (pop. 394) is geared for Chevy lovers with a lineup of 110 classic Chevrolets.

first appeared: 5/16/2004

Higgins Industries, owned by Andrew Jackson Higgins, built more than 20,000 boats for World War II, including the Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). Higgins was born in 1886 in Columbus (pop. 20,971).

first appeared: 5/9/2004

Film producer Darryl Zanuck, born in 1902 in Wahoo (pop. 3,942), co-founded 20th Century Pictures in 1933, which merged with Fox Film Corp. to become 20th Century-Fox.

first appeared: 5/2/2004

Built in 1873, Neligh (pop. 1,651) Mill is the state’s last 19th-century flour mill with its original equipment intact.

first appeared: 4/25/2004

With 450,000 square feet of retail space, the Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha is among the nation’s largest home furnishings retailers.

first appeared: 4/18/2004

Train buffs give free rides on the state’s smallest railroad, the Chippewa Northwestern Railway in Goehner (pop. 186), built on a 1-inch to 1-foot scale with a working steam engine and 1,800 feet of track.

first appeared: 4/11/2004

In 1987, the Czech community of Prague (pop. 346) sweetened its centennial celebration by baking the world’s largest kolache. The cherry-filled pastry weighed 2,605 pounds and measured 15 feet in diameter.

first appeared: 4/4/2004

In 1872, J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City (pop. 7,228) induced the state to set aside a spring day for the planting of trees. It became known as Arbor Day, and other states soon followed suit.

first appeared: 3/28/2004

The Lied Jungle at Omah’s Henry Doorly Zoo is billed as the world’s largest indoor rainforest (1.5 acres), attracting more than a million visitors annually.

first appeared: 3/21/2004

A marker in Big Springs (pop. 495) designates the site of the first and greatest Union Pacific train robbery, when Sam Bass and five others robbed the train of more than $60,000 in gold pieces and currency in 1877.

first appeared: 3/14/2004

The first time two women, who won their party nominations, ran against each other for governor of a state occurred in Nebraska in 1986. The victor was Republican Kay Orr.

first appeared: 3/7/2004

Marlon Brando’s mother, Dorothy Brando, gave Henry Fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse in 1925.

first appeared: 2/29/2004

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