A few facts about Nebraska (for those of you who are wondering, what's in Nebraska?):
Capitol: Lincoln (changed from Lancaster, and named for the President, who had just been assassinated at the time)
Biggest City: Omaha
Admission to the Union: March 1, 1867
93 counties and two time zones
Panorama Point, at 5,424 feet (1,653 m), is the highest point in Nebraska; despite its name and elevation, it is merely a low rise near the Colorado and Wyoming borders.
Has more miles of river than any other state.
Is trebly landlocked. If you don't know what that means, you should look it up because it's pretty cool.
Receives 25 to 35 inches of snow annually.
Eighty-nine percent of the cities in Nebraska have fewer than 3,000 people.
The largest single denominations by number of adherents in 2000 were the Catholic Church (372,791), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (128,570), the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (117,419) and the United Methodist Church (117,277). Not for long. Nebraska hasn't met Ben Crockett yet.
State motto: Equality before the law (that's comforting.)
Slogan: Nebraska, possibilities...endless. (No, really, that's it. Is it telling that both the motto and slogan for Nebraska are sentence fragments?)
state animal: White-tailed deer (mmmmm, good eatin')
Insect: European honey bee
Tree: Cottonwood
Flower: Goldenrod
Beverage: milk (I'm serious. It says on wikipedia. Ben might really start to think this is paradise, what with milk and deer...)
Dance: Square dance (now we're talkin)
That's about all I have time for right now. Call me in six months and check out my accent. And wish us luck on our move!