Interesting First District Facts
- The district includes the state's capital, Lincoln, and the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium, which could qualify as the state's third-largest city when filled to its 85,197-seat capacity during the college football season.
- Charles Lindbergh, the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic, learned to fly at the Lincoln Airplane and Flying School.
- Entertainer Johnny Carson attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- A large brick star at the intersection of 13th & O Streets in Lincoln is said to mark the spot where the American West begins.
- The Lincoln Municipal Airport is among the emergency landing sites for the NASA space shuttle.
- J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872.
- Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.
- The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska.
- The largest Kolache Festival in the world is located in Prague, Nebraska.
- The cost of the Nebraska Capitol building was $ 9,800,440.07 in 1932. The construction job came in under budget and the building was paid for by the time it was completed.
- In 1862, Daniel Freeman of Beatrice was the nation's first recipient of land granted under the unique Homestead Act.
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