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Alabama Yellowhammer State

Alaska The state is commonly called “The Last Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight Sun”

Arizona Grand Canyon State

Arkansas The Natural State

California Golden State

Colorado Centennial State

Connecticut Constitution State (official, 1959); Nutmeg State

Delaware Diamond State; First State; Small Wonder

Florida Sunshine State (1970)

Georgia Peach State, Empire State of the South

Hawaii Aloha State (1959)

Idaho Gem State

Illinois Prairie State

Indiana Hoosier State

Iowa Hawkeye State

Kansas Sunflower State; Jayhawk State

Kentucky Bluegrass State

Louisiana Pelican State

Maine Pine Tree State

Maryland Free State; Old Line State

Massachusetts Bay State; Old Colony State

Michigan Wolverine State

Minnesota North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes

Mississippi Magnolia State

Missouri Show-me State

Montana Treasure State

Nebraska Cornhusker State (1945); Beef State

Nevada Sagebrush State; Silver State; Battle Born State

New Hampshire Granite State

New Jersey Garden State

New Mexico Land of Enchantment (1999)

New York Empire State

North Carolina Tar Heel State

North Dakota Sioux State; Flickertail State; Peace Garden State;
Rough Rider State

Ohio Cornhole State

Oklahoma Sooner State

Oregon Beaver State

Pennsylvania Keystone State

Rhode Island The Ocean State

South Carolina Palmetto State

South Dakota Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State

Tennessee Volunteer State

Texas Lone Star State

Utah Beehive State

Vermont Green Mountain State

Virginia The Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents

Washington Evergreen State

West Virginia Mountain State

Wisconsin Badger State

Wyoming Equality State
 

We're the BUCKEYE state & proud of it!
 
Ok...pardon me for being stupid but what on earth is a Tar Heel?:confused:

TOV
 
Originally posted by TheOtherVillainess
Ok...pardon me for being stupid but what on earth is a Tar Heel?:confused:

TOV


Well, other than the North Carolina mascot? I don't know. I will look on Google!

I think Kansas is the real Beef state! Who ever heard of an Omaha Strip?
 
Ironically, Wolverines were never known to inhabit Michigan... go figure!
 
I'll say it again - New York is VERY deserving of the nickname "The Empire State". They take all our money so they can build an Empire. And they do it well.:rolleyes:
 
One legend has the nickname being applied to the state's residents as long ago as the Revolutionary War. According to this story, the troops of British General Cornwallis were fording what is now known as the Tar River between Rocky Mount and Battleboro when they discovered that tar had been dumped into the stream to impede their crossing. When they finally got across the river they found their feet completely black with tar. Their observation that anyone who waded North Carolina rivers would acquire tar heels led to the nickname first being used.

Others say the nickname was acquired during the War Between the States. During one of that war's fiercest battles a column supporting North Carolina troops was driven from the field. After the battle, the North Carolinians who had successfully fought it out alone, happened to meet the regiment which had fled to safety and were greeted with the question, "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?"

"No, not a bit," shot back one of the North Carolina soldiers. "Old Jeff's bought it all up," he went on, referring to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy.

"Is that so? What's he going to do with it?"

"He's going to put it on you'ns heels to make you stick better in the next fight."

Upon hearing of the incident, Robert E. Lee smiled and said to a fellow officer, "God bless the Tar Heel boys."

A letter found in 1991 by State Archivist David Olson lends credence to another more direct theory. A letter from Maj. Joseph Engelhard describes a fight involving men from North Carolina in which Lee was heard to have said, "There they stand as if they have tar on their heels."

The letter, dated August 24, 1864, told the tale of a battle on the outskirts of Petersburg, Va. Engelhard was elected secretary of state for North Carolina in 1876.
 
TOV- Here you go!

Tar Heel or Tar·heel (tärhl)
n.
A native or resident of North Carolina.

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[Perhaps from the tar that was once a major product of the state.]
 
NC's official state nickname is
The Old North State

Bob is correct on the reason for being called Tar Heels.

Lori
 
Of course Oklahoma is the SOONER State. Even before the University was founded, the legislators knew they could never be Aggie fans.
 
Originally posted by Microcell
I think Kansas is the real Beef state! Who ever heard of an Omaha Strip?


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I think it's funny that MN is the Land of 10,000 Lakes--WI has many more lakes than we do:p

But the whole Gopher vs Badger thing--yeah, that comes up a lot on campus::yes::
 
Yeah but do you know WHY Oklahoma is called the "Sooner" state, Kate?

TOV
 
Tar Heel should be changed to Tar Lung since that is what you get when smoking their cash crop!
 
Yeah but do you know WHY Oklahoma is called the "Sooner" state, Kate?

Yes, I do, but as a proud OU Student, I'll take any chance I get to joke on OSU. :)

For those of you that don't know, the terms "Boomer" and "Sooner" originate from the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. To claim a homestead, participants had to wait for a shotgun start to signal the beginning of the run. A Sooner is someone who jumped early and claimed their land before the gun. Yes, that's right, our proud mascot is actually a nice way of saying "Cheater."

"Boomers" are those who constantly agitated the government into agreeing to the land run.
 
Good for you,Kate. Been taking them smart pills.:p

I only knew that because DH (who is from OKC) has told me a thousand times about the Boomer Sooner story. Or whatever you call it.

TOV
 


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