1541: Explorers claimed Nebraska for Spain
1682: French explorer Robert Cavelier claimed Nebraska for France
1803: U.S. acquired Nebraska from France in the Louisiana Purchase
1804: Lewis and Clark traveled up the Missouri River
1819: U.S. Army established Fort Atkinson, Nebraska's first military post
1823: First permanent white settlement built at Bellevue
1833: U.S. government purchased the Pawnee Indian lands, south of the
Platte River
1840s: Settlers by the tens of thousands traveled across the state,
following the Oregon Trail
1854: Nebraska Territory organized
1862: The Homestead Act encouraged new settlers from the east into
Nebraska
1867: Nebraska became a state
1868: Lincoln replaced Omaha as the state capitol
1877: The famed Indian warrior Crazy Horse surrendered, along with 1,000
of his followers near Camp Robinson. He was later killed
1898: The Mississippi International Exposition opened in Omaha
1939: Petroleum discovered in southeastern Nebraska
1942: Kingsley Dam completed, creating Lake McConaughy
1948: U.S. Strategic Air Commnad opened near Omaha
1992: The state began prohibiting large corporations from buying farmland
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