Fun Facts about Nebraska

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• Edwin Perkins created Kool-Aid in the city of Hastings in 1927.
• North Platte is home to the world’s largest train yard, Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard.
• The USS Nebraska was named to honor the state.
• In Dewitt, Nebraska, the Vice-Grip was invented and is still being manufactured today.
• There is a ranch west of Kearney that marks the exact halfway point between Boston and San Francisco.
• There is a law in the town of Blue Hill, Nebraska that states that no woman may wear a “hat that would scare a timid person” while eating onions in public.
• Nebraska is famous for being the founders of Arbor Day. The National Arbor Day Headquarters is located in Nebraska to this day.

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