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Omaha (/ ˈ oʊ m ə h ɑː / OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. [6] It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River.
The state's lowest-recorded temperature was −47 °F (−44 °C) in Camp Clarke on February 12, 1899. Nebraska is located in Tornado Alley. Thunderstorms are common during both the spring and the summer. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes happen primarily during those two seasons, although they also can occur occasionally during the autumn.
U.S. Highway 6 (US-6) in the U.S. state of Nebraska is a United States Numbered Highway which goes from the Colorado border west of Imperial in the west to the Iowa border in the east at Omaha. Significant portions of the highway are concurrent with other highways, most significantly, US-34 between Culbertson and Hastings.
Colorado is a landlocked U.S. state. In 1861, the United States Congress defined the boundaries of the new Territory of Colorado exclusively by lines of latitude and longitude , stretching from 37°N to 41°N latitude, and from 102°02'48"W to 109°02'48"W longitude ( 25°W to 32°W from the Washington Meridian ). [ 1 ]
Near Fremont, the Platte bends south and then east around the location of Omaha in a large "L" turn. Near Fremont the Platte turns sharply and flows south-southeast about 10 miles (16 km) to about Waterloo, Nebraska—located about 20 miles (32 km) west of Omaha. Near Waterloo the Platte turns even more and heads almost due south for about 10 ...
Timeline of Colorado history. The location of the state of Colorado in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the state of Colorado An enlargeable map of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado. Prehistory of Colorado. Indigenous peoples; Spanish colony of Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598–1821 Domínguez–Escalante expedition, 1776
The 1866 enabling act for the state was subject to a pocket veto by Democratic Party / War Democrat and new 17th President Andrew Johnson 1808-1875, served 1865-1869), When the Congress reconvened in 1867, it passed another bill to create the new 37th state of Nebraska, on the condition that Nebraska's new proposed first state constitution be ...
The number 76 is a reverence to the then-forthcoming United States Bicentennial as well as 1876, the year Colorado was admitted as a state. [8] Nebraska renumbered its existing Nebraska Highway 76 (N-76) to N-53 as a result. [9] I-76 was conceived in August 1958. The Colorado portion was planned and built first.