America at 250: Nebraska: The Cornhusker State

Sitting at the heart of the North American region known as the Great Plains, Nebraska’s frontiers and farmland are home to the long history of the many people who have lived in or traveled through the region and who continue to shape it today.A Brief History of “Where the West Begins”People have lived in Nebraska for at least ten thousand years. The region’s Paleoindians were nomadic hunters following large game across the plains. The artifacts they left behind, including