Nebraska Fun Facts and Trivia

Nebraska Fun Facts & Trivia

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The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forest near Thedford, Nebraska.

Red Cloud, Nebraska has been the subject of more books than any other town in literature.

Nebraska Furniture Mart, founded by Rose Blumkin is the largest furniture store in the nation in Omaha.

Cherry County in Nebraska is larger than the state of Connecticut.

The longest straight main street in the nation is "O" Street which stretches from Milford through Lincoln to Union.

Halsey National Forest

Halsey National Forest, courtesy University of

Nebraska-Lincoln

Four historical trails crossed Nebraska including the Oregon, Lewis and Clark, Mormon, and Pony Express.

Grant County allegedly has more millionaires proportionally to its population than any other in the nation.

The Ole’s bar/restaurant in Paxton boasts a 1,300 pound polar bear?

Fred Astaire was born Fred Austerlitz’s in Omaha.

Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich.

Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.

Mutual of Omaha Corporate headquarters is a public building built with 7 floors underground.

Nebraska's state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in1945 to the "Cornhusker State."

It is illegal in Nebraska for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.

The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition.

Wayne Nebraska is well known for the biggest and best chicken show in the world.

South Bend, Nebraska serves more testicles than any where in the world at its 'Testicle Festival'.

In Nebraska in 1986 for the first time ever two women ran against each other for governorship of a state.

Sidney, Nebraska was the starting point of the Black Hills Gold Rush.

Dr. Harold Edgerton of Aurora, Nebraska is the inventor of the strobe light.

Chimney Rock along the Oregon Trail

Chimney Rock along the Oregon Trail, courtesy Nebraska History

Chimney Rock, along the Oregon Trail was the most mentioned landmark in pioneer diaries.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have been to a record 27 consecutive bowl games and 27 consecutive winning seasons. The team has produced more Academic All-Americans than any other Division I school.

In Blue Hill, Nebraska, no female wearing a “hat that would scare a timid person” can be seen eating onions in public.

The first modern-day serial killer, Charles Starkweather was from Nebraska and is buried at Lincoln's Wyuka Cemetery

The largest porch swing in the world is located in Hebron, Nebraska and it can sit 25 adults.

In Omaha it is illegal for a man to be seen with a shaved chest.

Malcolm X, the famous civil rights leader was from Omaha.

The world's only museums dedicated to Fur Trading are located at Fort Atkinson near Blair, Ne. and in Chadron.

The largest Kolache (a Czechoslovakian pastry) was made in, Prague, Nebraska.

Charles Starkweather

Charles Starkweather was executed in the electric

chair on June 25^th, 1959.

Kearney, Nebraska is located geographically dead center of the U.S.-between Boston and San Francisco, each way is exactly 1733 miles on either side of Hwy 30.

By law, the owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.

Updated October, 2005

Great Platte River Road Archway Monument,

Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, courtesy Visit Nebraska

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