Nebraska

Entered State Hood

March 1, 1867

Capital

Lincoln

Famous People

George Beadle geneticist
Marlon Brando actor Warren Buffett investor
Dick Cavett TV entertainer
Montgomery Clift actor
Ruth Etting singer, actress
Henry Fonda actor
Gerald Rudolph Ford U.S. president

President

Gerald Rudolph Ford

State Bird

Western Meadowlark

State Tree

Cottonwood

State Flower

Goldenrod

State Nickname

Cornhusker State

State Motto

Equality before the law