Two of world's richest fossil beds are at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument south of Harrison and at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park north of Royal.

Many pioneer and cattle trails crossed Nebraska, with people using such landmarks as Scotts Bluff (now a national monument) and Chimney Rock, both in western Nebraska.  Chimney Rock was the landmark mentioned most frequently in journal entries by travelers on the Oregon Trail.

Bailey Yard at North Platte (Union Pacific Railroad) is the world's largest railroad classification yard, covering 2,850 acres and handling 10,000 railroad cars every 24 hours.

The Union Pacific Railroad main line between North Platte and Gibbon is the busiest rail freight corridor in the world, with more than 130 trains operating over the line every 24 hours.

Nebraska is the only state with a non-partisan legislature and the only state with a unicameral (one-house) legislature.  Nebraska also was the first state to use an automated visible voting board for recording legislative action.

The Bessey Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest contains the largest hand-planted forest (22,000 acres) in the western hemisphere.

The largest concentration of sandhill cranes in the world occurs each spring when 500,000 birds migrate from the south and gather for six weeks in the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska before fanning out across Canada.

Total Popluation of the Third District:  535,568.