I'm a fourth-grader just like you. Well, not JUST like you—unless you're a cartoon too.

Anyway, I'm here to help you learn more about Nebraska and all the awesome things that happened here.

Buffalo Bill Cody Buffalo Bill Cody lived on a ranch near North Platte. That is where he organized the very first rodeo... more>
Willa Cather Willa Cather was an award-winning author from Red Cloud. She loved the prairie... more>
Crazy Horse Crazy Horse was a Sioux Chief and a great warrior. He died while surrendering at Fort Robinson... more>
Mari Sandoz Mari Sandoz was a well-known author who grew up on the high plains of northwest Nebraska... more>
Dr. Charles Bessey Dr. Charles Bessey was a professor at the University of Nebraska who wanted to plant a forest in the middle... more>
Black Elk Black Elk was a Lakota Sioux holy man who traveled as part of Buffalo Bill's... more>
Buffalo Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers were so named by the Plains Indians. These African-American soldiers made up the... more>
Solomon Butcher Solomon Butcher was a famous photographer from Custer County... more>
Harold Edgerton Harold "Doc" Edgerton grew up in Fremont and Aurora. He invented new types of cameras... more>
Wild Bill Hickok Wild Bill Hickok was a lawman, gambler, and gunfighter of the Old West... more>
Andrew Jackson Higgins Andrew Jackson Higgins designed a boat that helped win World War II. He grew up... more>
John G. Neihardt John G. Neihardt was a famous author who lived in Nebraska for many years. He wrote... more>
Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte became the first Native American woman to become a medical doctor. She... more>
Hiram Scott Hiram Scott worked for a fur trading company. He died in the bluffs of western Nebraska... more>
Evelyn Sharp Evelyn Sharp was a pilot who grew up in Ord. She started flying when she was 14... more>
feature1_03 Standing Bear was a Ponca chief who sued the U.S. Government for the right to bury his son... more>
Daniel Freeman Daniel Freeman was the first homesteader to stake a claim on land under the... more>