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| Walking past a marker on the
site of the first homestead cabin. The cabin was built by
Daniel Freeman in 1863. The monument is on the site of the
very first land that was homesteaded under the Homestead
Act passed in 1862. |
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Flag |
Seal |
 Website : www.nebraska.gov |
 Capital
: Lincoln |
 Highest
point : Panorama
point, 5,424 feet |
 Area : 77,358 square miles,
16th largest state. |
 Population : 1,711,263
(2000 Census) |
 Motto
: Equality before the
law
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 Admitted to
Union : March 1, 1867 |
 State
Song : "Beautiful Nebraska" |
 State Bird : Western Medowlark |
 State Flower : Goldenrod |
 State Tree : Cottonwood |
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