So , college football fans , you might have notice that my beloved Iowa State Cyclones lose the liberal state rivalry to the Iowa Hawkeyes last weekend . disadvantageously . It was n’t pretty . This inescapably go to all of the University of Iowa fan to take to Facebook and Twitter to promulgate " It ’s still a Hawkeye State!!!“ Yep . It is . Butwhyis it the Hawkeye State ? I have the answer to that burning question " “ and explanations behind nine other state nicknames " “ below .
3 . Delawarehas the distinction of being the First State to ratify the constitution , and that ’s what you ’ll ordinarily see on Delaware license plates . Surely that ’s only because"Uncle Sam ’s Pocket Handkerchief"won’t tantrum , which is a reference to Delaware ’s lilliputian size and its patriotic extraction .
4 . When I read that Colorado is sometimes called the " Switzerland of America,“I in short thought , " Because it ’s neutral?“ Um " ¦ no . Because of the wad . Duh .
5 . Arkansasmay have been get it be eff that they are not a state to be messed with when they called themselves theToothpick State . The Toothpick was a big tongue , similar to the Bowie Knife , but longer and more throw - able . utter of which , Arkansas also has the byname " The Bowie State" because the blacksmith who made the Bowie knife for Jim Bowie subsist in Arkansas and generalize the blade there . formally , Arkansas is " The Natural State . “
6 . " The Goober State" might vocalize like a reasonably rude moniker for Georgia , but it ’s really not " “ " Goober" is a term for peanuts , and since Georgia is famous for producing goober pea , it make sense .
10 . And , of course , Iowa . We ’re the Hawkeye Statebecause of literary root , astonishingly enough . Well , maybe . There are two schools of thought there . # 1 : Natty Bumppo of James Fenimore Cooper’sLeatherstocking Tales(which includesLast of the Mohicans ) also goes by the soubriquet of Hawkeye , and Judge David Rorer of Burlington , Iowa , is sound out to have suggested the name after take the novel . chronicle # 2 : we ’re name for Chief Black Hawk , a Sauk kin drawing card . Take your filling .
