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John G Neihardt
Neihardt, John G(neisenau) (1881-1973) Eminent American poet and author who also founded an organization for parapsychological research known as SORRAT (the Society for Research on Rapport and Telekinesis). Neihardt was born on January 8, 1881, near Sharpsburg, Illinois, the son of a farmer. He... Read more |
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Valmont Industries Inc
Valmont Industries, Inc. P.O. Box 358Valley, Nebraska 68064U.S.A.(402) 359-2201 Fax: (402) 343-0668 Web site: http//www.valmont.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1967Employees: 4,500Sales: $644.5 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 3441 Fabricated Structural Metal; 3523 Farm Machinery... Read more |
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Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery
Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery Definition The Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, also known as LNNB or Luria-Nebraska Battery, is a standardized test battery used in the screening and evaluation of neuropsychologically impaired individuals. Purpose The... Read more |
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Lindsay Manufacturing Co
Lindsay Manufacturing Co. East Highway 91P.O. Box 156Lindsay, Nebraska 68644U.S.A.(402) 428-2131Fax: (402) 428-2795 Public Company Incorporated: 1969Employees: 542Sales: $136.23 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 3523 Farm Machinery and Equipment; 3317 Steel Pipe and Tubes; 3479 Coating,... Read more |
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Niobrara
Niobrara, Nebraska/USA A river and a town with a Native American name meaning ‘Broad Water’ or ‘Running Water’.... Read more |
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University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska main campus at Lincoln; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1869, opened 1871. The university has an excellent archaeological museum and noted art galleries. The medical center, with schools of medicine, nursing, and health sciences, is at Omaha. The... Read more |
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Arbor Day
ARBOR DAY ARBOR DAY. On the motion of the agriculturist J. Sterling Morton, the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture designated 10 April 1872 as a day to plant trees, naming it Arbor Day. Morton had moved to the Nebraska Territory in 1854, and he quickly tried to remedy the treeless conditions of... Read more |
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Nebraska
Nebraska , Great Plains state of the central United States. It is bordered by Iowa and Missouri, across the Missouri R. (E), Kansas (S), Colorado (SW), Wyoming (NW), and South Dakota (N). Facts and Figures Area, 77,227 sq mi (200,018 sq km). Pop. (2000) 1,711,263, an 8.4% increase since the 1990... Read more |
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Omaha (people)
Omaha , Native Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). They, with the Ponca, migrated from the Ohio valley to the confluence of the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers and from there to Iowa. At the mouth of the... Read more |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. By 1854 the organization of the vast Platte and Kansas river countries W of Iowa and Missouri was overdue. As an isolated issue territorial organization of this... Read more |
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