1 lawkeye State. Iowa. The name arose about 1839, apparently in allusion to J. G. Edwards, familiarly known as 'Old Hawkeye,' editor of the Burlington Patriot, the name of which paper was changed September 5. 1S39. to the Hawkeye and Patriot.
Hoosier. Indiana. in use as early as 1833, but its origin is obscure.
Jayhawker State. Kansas. The word, of ob scure derivation, appeal', to have originated with a party on its way to California in 1849, but no instance of its use is recorded prior to 1S58, when it was used in Kansas, where it was derisively ap plied to lames Montgomery and his men, who, in retaliation for the atrocities committed on Free State settlers by the 'border huffians,' raided the pro-slavery settlers and their abettors from Mis souri. Later it was applied to marauders on both sides during the Civil War, and finally was applied to the people of Kansas.
Keystone State. Pennsylvania, probably be cause it was the central State of the Union at the time of the formation of the Constitution.
Lake State. Michigan.
Land of Steady Habits, Connecticut. See BLUE Laws.
Little Rhody. Rhode Island, from its dimin utive size.
Lone Star State. Texas, from the single star in the flag of the Texas Republic (1836-1845). Lumber State. Maine.
Mormon State. Utah.
Mother of Presidents. Virginia, because the birthplace of seven Presidents.
Mother of States. Virginia. because the first settled of the States.
New England of the West. Minnesota.
Nutmeg State. Connecticut, in allusion to the alleged manufacture of wooden nutmegs in that State.
Old Colony. That part of Massachusetts which from 1620 to 1692 was the Plymouth Col ony.
Old Line State. Maryland, probably from the 'Maryland Line' which won distinction in the Revolutionary War.
Old North State. North Carolina.
Palmetto State. South Carolina, from the de vice on its seal.
Panhandle State. West Virginia, from the irregular section of the State projecting north ward between Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Pelican State. Louisiana. from the device on its seal.
Peninsula State. Florida, from its location. Pine Tree State. Maine, from the device on its seal, adopted in 1820.
Prairie State. Illinois, from its prairies.
Sage-Brush State. Nevada. from the plant. Silver State. Nevada, from its silver-mines. Sucker State. Illinois, because in the early (lays the men went up the Illinois River to the mines and returned at the season when the sucker migrated. The term was first used about 1333. Sunflower State. Kansas.
Turpentine State. North Carolina, from the turpentine produced in it.
Web-Foot State. Oregon, from the quantity of rain which falls there, Wolverine State. _Michigan, from the animal.