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I think the rule is that you have to have fought for the Confederates in the civil war to be in the SEC. Back then, Nebraska was just a territory.
at one time lincoln backed the confederates (south platters), omaha was union (north platters)......there a dirt road in nebraska that marked the border. between them..I forgot the name.
A last-ditch attempt to steer Democrats living south of the river to vote against the bill came from Omaha Senator J. N. H. Patrick, who attempted to revive Civil War hatreds by amending the bill to remove the name “Capital City” and replace it with “Lincoln” (for Abraham Lincoln). Senator Patrick assumed that the people living south of the Platte River, nearer to Kansas, would still have very strong feelings against Abraham Lincoln, and would have the capitol stay in Omaha rather than have a capital named after President Lincoln. But Senator Patrick’s “trick” failed. People living south of the Platte River were happy to have the new capital city in their part of the state, even with the name “Lincoln".
this is the first buildings of the city known as lincoln ne. today
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Blame the Kansas-Nebraska act! Not exclusively our fault. Kansas and Kansas State on the other hand...at one time lincoln backed the confederates (south platters), omaha was union (north platters)......there a dirt road in nebraska that marked the border. between them..I forgot the name.
A last-ditch attempt to steer Democrats living south of the river to vote against the bill came from Omaha Senator J. N. H. Patrick, who attempted to revive Civil War hatreds by amending the bill to remove the name “Capital City” and replace it with “Lincoln” (for Abraham Lincoln). Senator Patrick assumed that the people living south of the Platte River, nearer to Kansas, would still have very strong feelings against Abraham Lincoln, and would have the capitol stay in Omaha rather than have a capital named after President Lincoln. But Senator Patrick’s “trick” failed. People living south of the Platte River were happy to have the new capital city in their part of the state, even with the name “Lincoln".
this is the first buildings of the city known as lincoln ne. today
I would of been ok with kansas getting everything south of the platte, if us north platters got everything up to the canada border.
imaging how much more a hunting fishing license would be worth...(of course the Huskers would have to be in a town north of the platte)
according to this if oklahoma get returned to the indians, we might get alot bigger state!
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It is true. Maryland didn't leave the Republic, so they are in the Big Ten and Missouri, with its awful racial issues and history isn't a member and was never invited to the Big Ten.