Nebraska - Nebraska is a modest Midwest state, dotted with dozens of small farming and ranching communities of less than 1,000 people each. The state has a small claim to fame in the city of Hastings, where Kool-Aid was invented in 1927. A significant part of the northern Great Plains, the state is also home to Omaha, which has the distinction of being the final stop on the first Transcontinental Railroad built in 1869. Around Omaha, residents utilize self storage units for housing airboats, canoes and kayaks for use on the Platte River and Cunningham Lake, plus golf clubs and carts in between rounds on the area’s many courses. In the state capital of Lincoln and the surrounding area, mini storage facilities keep hunting, fishing and wildlife watching equipment secure and out of the reach of children. In the city of Grand Island, near Wood River and the wetlands of Platte River, self storage facilities protect camping gear and farming equipment during the winter months. Nebraska has over a hundred self storage facilities in communities across the state.