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Idaho is known as "The Gem State."
Iowa's nickname, the "Hawkeye State," is in honor of Black Hawk, an Indian chief who spent most of his life in neighboring Illinois!
Kansas also has a "hawkish" nickname: "The Jayhawk State."
Kentucky is "The Bluegrass State."
Maine, in the nation's northeast, is "The Pine Tree State"
The eastern state of Massachusetts is the "Bay State."
Six state nicknames are taken from native animals. Michigan is the "Wolverine State." A wolverine is a small, fierce mammal. The badger is a similar and equally fierce creature and Wisconsin is "The Badger State."
Neighboring Minnesota,is "The Gopher State,"
North Dakota gets its nickname, "The Flickertail State"
South Dakota takes its nickname, "The Coyote State," from an animal that thinks flickertails are good to eat!
And Oregon, "The Beaver State," borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams. |
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