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 Seats for Forklifts Nebraska - Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. Nebraska's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River. Once considered part of the Great American Desert, the state of Nebraska is presently a leading ranching and farming state. The Ho-Chunk or Winnebago and Omaha are federally recognized American Indian tribes, each with a reservation in Thurston County within eastern Nebraska, where they constitute most of the population.
Bordering the state of Nebraska is the state of South Dakota towards the north; Missouri to the southeast and Iowa to the east, whilst across the Missouri River; Kansas lies towards the south; Colorado sits towards the southeast; and Wyoming to the west. There are 93 counties within the state. Nebraska is split into two time zones. The Central Time zone comprises the eastern half of the state, whilst the western half observes Mountain Time. Three rivers cross Nebraska to east from west. The Platte River, formed by the confluence of the South Platte and the North Platte, runs through the central region of the state of Nebraska, the Niobrara River flows through the northern area, and the Republican River runs across the southern part.
During 2010, the estimated gross state product of Nebraska done by the Bureau of Economic Analysis was roughly $89.8 billion. Ranking 25th within the United States, the 2004 per capita income was around $31,339. Nebraska has a huge agriculture sector, and is an important producer of beef, pork, soybeans and corn. Other significant economic sectors consist of manufacturing, freight transport, by rail and truck; telecommunications; information technology; and insurance.
Kool-Aid was created in the year 1927 by Edwin Perkins in the city of Hastings, which celebrates the event the second weekend of each August with Kool-Aid Days. Kool-Aid is the official soft drink of the state of Nebraska. Clifton Hillegass of Rising City developed Cliff Notes. He adapted his pamphlets from the Canadian publications, Coles Notes.
Omaha is the home to ConAgra, Mutual of Omaha, TD Ameritrade, InfoUSA, West Corporation, Valmont Industries, Kiewit Corporation, the Union Pacific Railroad and Woodmen of the World. Sandhills Publishing Company, Duncan Aviations and UNIFI Companies are based within Lincoln; The Buckle is based within Kearney. Sidney is the national head office for a specialty retailer of outdoor goods, Cabela's.
The Union Pacific's Bailey Yard located in North Platte is the world's largest train yard. In the year 1924, the product Vise-Grip was invented by William Petersen. The product was manufactured within De Witt until the plant was closed in the year 2008, when operations shifted to China. Lincoln's Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing is the only Kawasaki plant within the globe to produce the Jet-Ski, ATV, and Mule lines of product. The facility hires over 1200 people. The Spade Ranch, in the Sand Hills, is one of Nebraska's largest and oldest beef cattle operations.
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