Nebraska State Seal
The design for Nebraska's Great Seal was established by the State's first Legislature in 1867. The state's appreciation for transportation, which hastened settlement, is represented by a train of cars heading toward the Rocky Mountains in the background and a steamboat ascending the Missouri river in the eastern part of the circle. The mechanical arts are represented by a blacksmith with hammer and anvil in the foreground. Agriculture is represented by a settler's cabin and sheaves of wheat in the lower left. Around the top of the circle, in capital letters, is the motto: "Equality Before the Law," and the circle is surrounded with the words, "Great Seal of the State of Nebraska, March 1, 1867."
Courtesy of State of Nebraska
Image by Art Explosion 600,000.
