Nebraska Dish Towel by Catstudio

This original design celebrates the State of Nebraska - from Lincoln to Grand Island to Crescent Lake to Carhenge - to Omaha!!! GO CORNHUSKERS!!!!

The design is silk-screened, then framed with a hand embroidered border on a 100% cotton dish towel/hand towel/guest towel/bar towel. Three stripes down both sides and hand dyed rick-rack at the top and bottom add a charming vintage touch. Delightfully presented in a fab organdy re-usable pouch!

• 100% Cotton
• Machine wash cold and line dry
• Packaged in organdy pouch
• Measures 20" x 29"

Fun Facts:

• The emergency communications system, 9-1-1, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Kearney, NE is equidistant to Boston and San Francisco.
• There are more underground water reserves in Nebraska than in any other state in the lower 48.
• Nebraskan Dr. Edgerton invented the strobe light.
• Hastings resident Edwin E. Perkins invented Kool-Aid in 1927.
• The country's largest indoor rain forest is the Lied Jungle in the Omaha Zoo.
• The world's largest porch swing is in Hebron, NE. It can accommodate 25 adults.
• Cozad, NE is directly on the 100th meridian, a boundary between the arid west and moist east.
• Father Edward Flanagan founded 'Boys Town' in 1917 in Omaha.
• The largest elephant fossils in the world are on display at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Lincoln. The wooly mammoth was actually designated the official state fossil in 1967.
• The most often mentioned landmark by Oregon Trail travelers was Chimney Rock in the area now known as Morrill County.