From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska
” North Bottoms: Directly north of UNL’s downtown campus, the North Bottoms is an area in the floodplain of Salt Creek that holds many smaller houses now rented by a large number of UNL students. Its proximity to Memorial stadium combined with a high student population makes it one of the main tailgating headquarters during NE college football home games. It was originally the northern part of the “German” or “Russian” bottoms settled by Volga-German refugees from Russia.”
Many Russian Germans that came without money to buy farm land settled here.
A mile or so south of there you will find the ‘Germans from Russia’ museum.