Flatwater Explains: Why is Lincoln Nebraska’s capital?

  • In a bid to preserve Omaha’s status as Nebraska’s capital, a state lawmaker proposed renaming the state’s new capital Lincoln, hoping the name would dissuade conservative, proslavery Ryan Hoffman/Flatwater Free Press
    In a bid to preserve Omaha’s status as Nebraska’s capital, a state lawmaker proposed renaming the state’s new capital Lincoln, hoping the name would dissuade conservative, proslavery Ryan Hoffman/Flatwater Free Press
    Editor’s note: Flatwater Explains is an occasional series during which Flatwater Free Press reporters explain the people, places and things that make Nebraska what it is while answering quest...

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