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NHP Lincoln Nebraska By blade2k5
Map Details and Information
The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. The population was 225,581 at the 2000 census, however the 2008 estimate puts it at 251,624.
Lincoln started out as the village of Lancaster, which was founded in 1856, and became the county seat of the newly created Lancaster County in 1859. The capital of Nebraska Territory had been Omaha since the creation of the territory in 1854; however, most of the territory's population lived south of the Platte River. After much of the territory south of the Platte considered annexation to Kansas, the legislature voted to move the capital south of the river and as far west as possible. The village of Lancaster was chosen, in part due to the salt flats and marshes.
However, Omaha interests attempted to derail the move by having Lancaster renamed after the recently assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. At the time, many of the people south of the river had been sympathetic towards the Confederate cause and it was assumed that the legislature would not pass the measure if the future capital was named after Lincoln. The ploy did not work, as Lancaster was renamed Lincoln and became the state capital upon Nebraska's admission to the Union on March 1, 1867.
The city was recently named one of the healthiest cities in the United States as of 2008.
Map Specifics
Map Type: Real World
Region map size: Map is configured for 20large city tiles and is 4x5 in size.
config.bmp: included with zip file
Dependencies: Either SC4 Mapper or SC4 Terraformer for importing.
Maps were created by taking 1/3 Arc USGS DEM elevation data.
Install/Uninstall Instructions can be found in the readme file provided.
Credits
blade2k5 - Original map creation, scaling, importing. SC4TF modification.
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Any comments and feedback welcomed. Thanks for looking and enjoy.
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