Lincoln (Nebraska)
Lancaster County
31-28000
Lincoln is the capital and the second largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The city was named after Abraham Lincoln, is home to the University of Nebraska- Lincoln.
Population Development
Attractions
- " Governor's Mansion"
- Nebraska State Capitol ( by architect Bertram Goodhue )
- University of Nebraska State Museum ( world's largest collection of mammalian fossils )
- Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum
- Sheldon Museum of Art
- Great Plains Art Collection (works by Frederic Remington and Albert Bierstadt )
- Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Gardens ( Zoo and Botanical Gardens )
- Memorial Stadium
Economy
The company American Linen Supply Company ( ALSCO ) was founded in Lincoln in 1889 invented the cotton towel machines.
Transport links
In addition to the Interstate 80 and Amtrak Station Lincoln has the Lincoln Airport, located next to the civil regional flights by United Express and Delta Connection also an airbase of the Nebraska Air National Guard.
Personalities
Sons and daughters:
- Kenneth Morgan Abbott, classical scholar
- Hartley Burr Alexander, philosopher, writer and ethnologist
- Robin Backhaus, float
- Betty Bennett, jazz singer
- Leslie Brooks, Actress
- Richard Cheney, U.S. Vice President under George W. Bush
- Frederic Edward Clements, botanist and university professor
- Rick Evans, musician
- Robert Reed science fiction author
- Tim Rumsey, composer, music teacher and music publisher
- Brandon Sanderson, fantasy author
- Sam Schmidt, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
- Lindsey Shaw, actress
- Ted Sorensen, legal advisor to the White House
- Charles Starkweather, serial killers
- Actress Hilary Swank, two-time Oscar winner
- Shawn Toovey, actor
- Janine Turner, actress
- James Burgon Valentine, musician
- Robert Francis Vasa, Bishop of Santa Rosa in California
- Thelma White, Actress