Nebraska, a guide to the Cornhusker State
By: Compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Nebraska. Sponsored by the Nebraska State Historical Society
Series: American guide series; American guide series
Publisher: Hastings House
Published: 1939
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Guidebooks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-412).
Table of contents: title: I. The State in Review; title: Modern nebraska; title: Natural setting-geography and climate; geology and paleontology; animal life; plant life; natural resources and their conservation; title: Indians: prehistoric culture; historic indians; title: History: period of exploration; territorial organization; settlement; statehood; title: Government: the unicameral legislature; title: Agriculture and the farmer; title: Industry and labor; title: Transportation and communication; title: Ethnic elements; title: Folklore and folkways; title: Education and religion; title: Art and music; title: Architecture; title: The press; title: Literature; title: II. Cities and Towns; title: Beatrice; title: Fremont; title: Grand island; title: Hastings; title: Lincoln; title: Norfolk; title: North platte; title: Omaha; title: III. Tours; title: Tour 1. (sioux city, iowa)-south sioux city-tekamah-omaha-nebraska city-falls city-(hiawatha, kans.); 205 m. [us 73-77, us 73e, us 73-75, us 73]; title: section a. missouri river omaha, 99.2 m.; title: section b. omaha-kansas line, 105. 8 m.; title: Tour 1a. omaha-bellevue, 5.5 m [state 31]; title: Tour 1b. junction with us 73-75-rock bluffs 6 m. [unnumbered road]; title: Tour 2 (sioux city, iowa)-winnebago-fremont-lincoln-beatrice-(marysville,kans._; 200 m. [us 73-77, us 73w-77, us 77]; title: Tour 3. (yankton, s. dak.)-norfolk-columbus-york-fairmont-hebron-(belleville, kans.); 235.8 m. [us 81]; title: Tour 4. (fairfax, s. dak.)-butte-o'neill-bartlett-st. paul-grand island-hastings-red cloud-(lebanon, kans.); 241.4 m. [us 281]; title: Tour 5. (colone, s. dak.)-springview-bassett-taylor-ansley-kearney-elm creek-holdredge-alma-(woodruff, kans.); 257 m. [us 83]; title: Tour 6. (hot springs, s. dak.)-chadron-alliance-bridgeport-sidney-(sterling,colo.); 174 m. [state 19]; title: Tour 7. (sioux city, iowa)-south sioux city-o'neill-valentine-chadron-harrison-(lusk, wyo.); 446. 8 m. [us 20]; title: section a. missouri river-bassett, 180.9 m.; title: section b. bassett-wyoming line, 266 m.; title: Tour 8. (missouri valley, iowa)-fremont-grand island-kearney-north platte-sidney-(cheyenne, wyo.); 447.7. m. [us 30]; title: section a. missouri river-kearney, 178.1 m.; title: section b. kearney-ogallala, 145.4 m.; title: section c. ogallala-wyoming line, 124.3 m.; title: Tour 8a. maxwell-fort mcpherson national cemetery-cottonwood canyon, 5.1 m [unnumbered road]; title: Tour 8b. north platte-maywood-mccook, 75.7 m. [us 183]; title: Tour 9. (council bluffs, iowa)-omaha-lincoln-hastings-holdrege-mccook-imperial-(holyoke, colo.); 389.2 m. [us 6]; title: section a. omaha-hastings, 161.7 m.; title: section b. hastings-colorado line, 227.5 m.; title: Tour 10. (sidney, iowa)-nebraska city-lincoln-grand island-alliance-crawford-(ardmore, s. dak.); 525.6 m. [state 2]; title: section a. missouri river-grand island, 151.4 m.; title: section b. grand island-s. dak. line, 373.6 m.; title: Tour 11. (rockport, mo.)-brownville-beatrice-franklin-trenton-(wray, colo.); 386.3 m. [state 3]; title: section a. brownville-oxford, 248.3 m.; title: section b. oxford-colorado line, 138 m.; title: Tour 12. ogallala-oshkosh-bridgeport-scottsbluff-(torrington, wyo.); 155.5 m. [us 26]; title: Tour 12a. bridgport-chimney rock-gering-scotts bluff national monument-horse creek treaty monument-wyoming line, 59.4 m. [state 86]; title: Tour 13. junction with us 20-ponca-niobara-lynch-butte-(burke, s. dak.); 169.3 m. [state 12]; title: IV. Appendices; title: Chronology; title: Bibliography; title: Index