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The state flag,
adopted in 1925, bears the state seal. On the seal, adopted in
1867, a smith with a hammer and anvil stands for the mechanical
arts. A settlers' cabin, sheaves of wheat, and stalks of growing
corn symbolize agriculture. A steamboat on the Missouri River and
a train represent forms of transportation that helped speed the
settlement of Nebraska. The Rocky Mountains rise in the
background.
Nebraska is one of
the leading farming states in the United States. Yet it was once
considered part of the "Great American Desert." The people of
Nebraska, with their determined pioneer spirit, made the Nebraska
"desert" a land of ranches and farms. They built irrigation
systems and practiced scientific farming. Where crops could not be
grown, Nebraskans grazed cattle. |
