Nebraska is a Great Plains state of the United States. Nebraska gets its name from a Native American (Oto) word meaning ''flat water'', after the Platte River that flows through the state. Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now a leading farming state. Nebraskans have practiced scientific farming to turn the Nebraska prairie into a land of ranches and farms. Much of the history of the state is the story of the impact of the Nebraska farmer. Nebraskans are sometimes colloquially referred to as ''Cornhuskers''...