Nebraska: Timeline

1863   The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska

1867   Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state U.S. state

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1877   Realizing that his people were weakened by cold and hunger, Chief Crazy Horse Crazy Horse

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 of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States United States

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 troops in Nebraska.

1877   Indian Wars Indian Wars

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: Oglala Sioux Sioux

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 chief Crazy Horse Crazy Horse

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 is bayoneted by a United States United States

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 soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.

1888   Blizzard Blizzard

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s in Dakota Territory and Montana Montana

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, Minnesota Minnesota

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, Nebraska and Texas Texas

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 - 235 dead, many of which were children on their way home from school

1949   February 22 - Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming Wyoming

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, South Dakota South Dakota

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, Utah Utah

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, Colorado Colorado

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 and Nevada Nevada

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 - winds of up to 72 mph - tens of thousands of cattle and sheep perish