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Lower Plains: Kansas, Nebraska

Gavins Point Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River near the border with South Dakota. It created Lewis and Clark Lake, a popular vacation spot for tourists.

smaller than 1,000. But even in a state with so many small cities and towns, tiny Monowi in central Nebraska is remarkable. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the town’s population is 1. This makes Monowi the smallest incorporated town in the nation.

Wild West showman. Today, his for- mer residence is a historical park and museum filled with memorabilia from his life and times. Eighty-nine percent of Nebraska’s cities have fewer than 3,000 residents. Hundreds of towns have populations

Further Reading Heinrichs, Ann. Nebraska . New York: Children’s Press, 2014. Owen, David. Like No Other Place: The Sandhills of Nebraska . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Partsch, Tammy. It Happened in Nebraska: Remarkable Events That Shaped History . Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2012