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.
Most colorful of all Nebraska's town names is the one selected for this community. Acres and acres of wild roses grew in the vicinity in 1875 and were the inspiration for its post office to be called Roseland by the wife of the first postmaster, B.F.Evans. Many settlers in the area came from Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New England.