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 nickname refers to Theodore Roosevelt 's Roughriders of the Spanish-American War (which included several North Dakota cowboys). However, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly defeated these bills, which also proposed to change the words Peace Garden State on state license plates to Roughrider Country.. The Sioux State : Dakota is the Sioux word for friend. North Dakota.