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Nebraska Highlights From A to Z
Nebraska, a Great Plains state, relies on agriculture with farms and ranches covering over 95 percent of its land. The economy centers on meat packing, cereal making, farm machinery, insurance, and banking. It became a state in 1867 and Arbor Day began in Nebraska City. The Lincoln Elephant Hall houses the world’s largest elephant skeleton collection. The state yielded the largest mammoth fossils ever found.
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