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Nebraska, the only state with a one-house legislature, is a West North Central state bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the east, Kansas to the south, and Wyoming and Colorado to the west. The Missouri River runs along the state's borders with Missouri and Iowa. Nebraska lies in the western part of the Great Plains. Nebraska's varied landscape includes rolling plains, forested valleys, farms, and cities in the east; large wheat and corn fields in the state's central prairies; and grasslands, treeless plains, and intermittent streams in the west. The state was once considered to be part of the "Great American Desert," but the people who lived in the region were determined pioneers. They built irrigation systems and used scientific farming, making Nebraska's land profitable for farming and ranching. Nebraska was the site of the first land claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862. The act granted 160 acres of public land to any qualified person who lived on the land for five years and improved it. The act brought thousands of settlers to Nebraska. Many of Nebraska's first farm settlers built their homes out of sod because there weren't many trees on the state's grassy land.

Culture in North Omaha, Nebraska, the north end of Omaha, is defined by socioeconomic, racial, ethnic and political diversity among its residents. The neighborhood's culture is largely influenced by its predominately African American community. North Omaha is home to several important annual events that help define and celebrate the community, its history, and its future. Native Omaha Days is a biennial North Omaha cultural tradition, reuniting members of the city's African-American community. The Days are commemorated with a variety of events, including the Evergreen Reunion, named after the town in Alabama from where many families' ancestors migrated. John Beasley Theater is located in the Lake Point Building at 2401 Lake St. Suite 130. It is named after native Omaha actor John Beasley. The Theater's mission is, "To provide new educational opportunities for residents to experience and develop their interests and talents in theater, dance, music, poetry and writing." The Diamond Moving Picture Theater, located at 24th and Lake, was flattened by the Easter Sunday tornado of 1913. After the tornado rumors circulated that hundreds had died inside the building; that proved to be untrue, as all patrons had escaped. However, the resulting collection of rescuers in that location served useful, as the majority of the dead were in that vicinity.

Nebraska has a continental climate, with highly variable temperatures from season to season and year to year. The central region has an average annual normal temperature of 10°C, with a normal monthly maximum of 24°C in July and a normal monthly minimum of –6°C in January. The record low for the state is –44°C, registered in Morrill County on 12 February 1899; the record high of 48°C was recorded at Minden on 24 July 1936. Average yearly precipitation (1971–2000) in Omaha was 30 inches in the semiarid panhandle in the west, 17 inches and in the southeast, 30 inches. Snowfall in the state varies from about 21 inches in the southeast to about 45 inches in the northwest corner. Blizzards, droughts, and windstorms have plagued Nebraskans throughout their history.

Omaha: Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles (30 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River.

Lincoln: Lincoln, named after President Abraham Lincoln, is the state capital of Nebraska and populates over 250,000 people making it the second largest city of the state.

North Platte: North Platte, a city of over 23,000 inhabitants, is located western Nebraska along interstate 80.

Scottsbluff: Scottsbluff is a unique area of Nebraska. Home to the Scottsbluff National Monument in the neighboring town of Gering, as well as nearby Chimney Rock National Historical site.

Bayard: This very small old town was established as part of the Oregon Trail back in the late 1800s. About two miles south is Chimney Rock.

Many tourists visit Nebraska each year. They can see the National Museum of Roller Skating in Lincoln, the state's capital, or visit Boys Town, the famous community for orphaned or abandoned boys near Omaha founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic Priest, in 1917.

Nebraska has a rich railroad history. The Union Pacific Railroad, headquartered in Omaha, was incorporated on July 1, 1862, in the wake of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862. Bailey Yard, in North Platte, is the largest railroad classification yard in the world. The route of the original transcontinental railroad runs through the state. Other major railroads with operations in the state are: Amtrak; Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway; and Iowa Interstate Railroad.

Professional auto transporters in Nebraska and elsewhere are experts at moving cars to different locations in the country. Most of them use fuel-efficient, secure car carriers and modern satellite-based fleet management systems to move cars to different destinations within the state and outside it in a highly cost-efficient manner. Given current fuel prices, it often costs almost as much to drive to a new location as it does to hire a professional car shipping firm to transport the car there.