Locke is a Louisville businessman who self-published his first book in 2009. He became the second writer this year to sell one million books on Amazon.com, through the company's Kindle Direct Publishing service.
The second commemorative quarter-dollar coin released in 2006 honors Nebraska, and is the 37th coin in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Â® Program. Nebraska, nicknamed the Cornhusker State, was admitted into the Union on March 1, 1867, becoming our Nation's 37th state.
The state of Nebraska is actually named after the Platte River from the French meaning broad river. The Omaha Indians called the river ibÃ´Ã¡pka also meaning broad river. In 1842, John Charles FrÃ©mont used the word Nebraska in referencing the Platte River and this was the name that was given to the territory when it was created in 1854.