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John Kuehn
John Kuehn (born May 26, 1974) is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014, he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, representing a district in the south central part of the state. Kuehn is a member of the Republican Party. Personal life and professional career Kuehn was born on May 26, 1974, in Heartwell, Nebraska. He grew up on his family's farm and graduated from high school in Minden in 1992. He attended Hastings College, graduating in 1996 with a B.A. in biology; he then studied veterinary medicine at Kansas State University, receiving his D.V.M. in 2000. He returned to Nebraska and worked in a group veterinary practice in Hastings from 2000 to 2002. He then established his own practice, Kuehn Animal Health. In addition to the veterinary practice, he raised cattle and quarter horses on his farm near Heartwell. In 2004, he took on an additional position, joining the Hastings College faculty as an associate professor of biolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Carlson
Tom Carlson (born December 9, 1941) is a politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2007 to 2015. In 2014, he ran in the Nebraska gubernatorial election, but was defeated by Pete Ricketts in the Republican primary. Personal life Tom Carlson was born on December 9, 1941 in Holdrege, Nebraska. He attended the University of Northern Colorado playing football, baseball, and basketball, distinguishing himself as a talented athlete and student, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1963 and a Master of Science in 1964. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1967. Carlson taught at Taylor University, where he also coached baseball and football prior to returning to Holdrege, Nebraska Holdrege is a city in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,495 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Phelps County. The Nebraska Prairie Museum is located in Holdrege. History Holdrege was established in 1883 wh ... where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin County, Nebraska
Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,889. Its county seat is Franklin. The county was formed in 1867 and organized in 1871. It was named for Benjamin Franklin. In the Nebraska license plate system, Franklin County is represented by the prefix 50 (it had the 50th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). Geography Franklin County lies on the south line of Nebraska. Its south boundary line abuts the north boundary line of the state of Kansas. The Republican River flows eastward through the southern part of Franklin County. According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.03%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 136 * Nebraska Highway 4 * Nebraska Highway 10 * Nebraska Highway 44 Adjacent counties * Kearney County - north * Webster County - east * Smith County, Kansas - southeast * Phillips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Nebraska
Franklin is a city in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County. History Franklin was founded in the 1870s. It was named for Benjamin Franklin. Former Nebraska Governor, Ashton Shallenberger, collapsed and then died a few moments later while giving a speech in Franklin on February 22, 1938. Geography Franklin is located at (40.095357, -98.953083). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,000 people, 443 households, and 264 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 519 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.4% White, 0.4% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% of the population. There were 443 households, of which 25.1% had child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Red Cloud is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 962 at the 2020 census. History The region of present-day Red Cloud was intermittently occupied and used as hunting grounds by the Pawnees until 1833. In that year, a treaty was signed in which the Pawnees surrendered their lands south of the Platte River. According to George Hyde, it is likely that the Pawnees did not realize that they were thereby giving up their lands, and that they were led to believe that they were only granting the Delawares and other relocated tribes permission to hunt in the area.Hyde, George E. ''Pawnee Indians''. University of Denver Press, 1951. p. 135. In 1870, the area that is now Webster County was opened to homesteaders. In that year, Silas Garber and other settlers filed claims along Crooked Creek, just east of the present-day city. In 1871, the town, named after the renowned Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud, was voted county seat of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutton, Nebraska
Sutton is a city in Clay County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,502 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hastings, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Sutton was laid out in 1871 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point. It was named after the town of Sutton, Massachusetts. 1925 editionis available for download aUniversity of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons./ref> Geography Sutton is located at (40.606739, -97.858723). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,502 people, 612 households, and 414 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 666 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.1% White, 0.1% African American, 1.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 4.6% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superior, Nebraska
Superior is a city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the city population was 1,957. Superior bills itself as the "Victorian Capital of Nebraska", and holds an annual Victorian Festival."About Our Town". Superior, Nebraska website. Retrieved 2010-07-04. The downtown area is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; along with many of the older houses in the city, it has been maintained or restored to its Victorian appearance. History 19th century Superior was platted in 1875. It was named from the quality of their land. In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holdrege, Nebraska
Holdrege is a city in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,495 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Phelps County. The Nebraska Prairie Museum is located in Holdrege. History Holdrege was established in 1883 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for George W. Holdrege, a railroad official. Holdrege was designated county seat in 1884. Holdrege was settled primarily by immigrants from Sweden in the 1880s and was named after George W. Holdrege, general manager of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company. He constructed most of the line's mileage in Nebraska, including a section through this small settlement in Phelps County. On December 10, 1883, the first train arrived in Holdrege, a little pioneer town inhabited by 200 people. In 1884, a campaign was started to move the county seat from Phelps Center to Holdrege, and an election was scheduled for October. By that time, the town had acquired a block of ground on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Buffalo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 46,102, making it Nebraska's fifth-most populous of the 93 counties. Its county seat is Kearney. The county was created in 1855 and was organized in 1870. It was named after the once-prevalent buffalo herds of the Great Plains. Buffalo County is part of the Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Buffalo County is represented by the prefix 9; when the license plate system was established in 1922, the county ranked ninth in number of registered vehicles. History The Union Pacific Railroad came to the area in 1866; with additional settlers, the need to establish government was realized. Patrick Walsh, Martin Slattery, and a Sergeant Cody petitioned the governor to organize Buffalo County in 1869. Wood River Centre (Shelton) was selected through election as county seat. Within a year, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webster County, Nebraska
Webster County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 3,411. Its county seat is Red Cloud. The county was formed in 1871, and was named for Daniel Webster. In the Nebraska license plate system, Webster County is represented by the prefix 45 (it had the forty-fifth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). Geography Webster County lies along the south line of Nebraska. Its south boundary line abuts the north boundary line of the state of Kansas. The terrain of Webster County consists of low rolling hills, sloping to the east. The more planar areas of the county are used for agriculture, mostly under center pivot irrigation. The Republican River flows eastward across the lower part of the county. The county has an area of , of which is land and (0.02%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 136 * U.S. Highway 281 * Nebraska Highway 4 * Nebraska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nuckolls County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 4,095. Its county seat is Nelson. In the Nebraska license plate system, Nuckolls County is represented by the prefix 42 (it had the 42nd-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). History 19th century Nuckolls County was formed in 1860, and was organized in 1871. It was named after brothers Lafayette Nuckolls, a member of the first Nebraska territorial legislature, and Stephen Friel Nuckolls, a pioneering Nebraska settler, businessman and banker. Nuckolls was also a notorious slaveowner who was followed by national news in 1860 when he tracked down an enslaved person he owned, named Eliza Grayson. She had escaped from him via the Underground Railroad two years earlier. With the help of a professional kidnapper they attempted to remove the woman from Chicago, where she was found, only to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay County, Nebraska
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,542. Its county seat is Clay Center. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1871. It was named for Henry Clay, a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky, who went on to become United States Secretary of State. In the Nebraska license plate system, Clay County is represented by the prefix 30 (it had the 30th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). Geography According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 6 * Nebraska Highway 14 * Nebraska Highway 41 * Nebraska Highway 74 Adjacent counties * York County – northeast * Fillmore County – east * Thayer County – southeast * Nuckolls County – south * Webster County – southwest * Adams County – west * Hamilton County – north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phelps County, Nebraska
Phelps County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 9,188. Its county seat is Holdrege, Nebraska, Holdrege. The county was formed in 1873, and was named for William Phelps (1808–1889), a steamboat captain and early settler. In the Vehicle registration plates of Nebraska, Nebraska license plate system, Phelps County is represented by the prefix 37 (it had the 37th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). It is considered part of the Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area, Kearney μSA's development and expansion plans. Geography Phelps County terrain consists of low rolling hills, mostly devoted to agriculture, sloping to the east, and dropping off toward the river basin along its northern boundary line. The Platte River flows eastward along the north line. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.1%) is water. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
