The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-12-07

George Washington delivered an
address before the common council
of New York City Ia 1884 In which
he says:
81 pray that heaven may bestow
Its choicest blessings on your city;
that the devastation OF war In which
you found IL may soon he without a
trace: that well-regulated and
beneficial commerce may enrich your
citizens and that your state-at pres
ent the seat Of enpire--nay set such
examples Of wisdom as shall have a
tendency TO strengthen the union. "
And from that day to this Ne"
York has been kHOwn as the Empire
state.
hack In the early days, before
America as nation began 10 make
history, somebody wrote romance
and called 10 Las Sergas de EsplaD-
adam. and somebody else published
IL In 1910. In this tale beautiful
pagan queen called Calafia, living 10
a Kingdom called California. furnished
an army Of amazons to Esplanadian,
emperor OF the Greeks, to aid IN de-
Tending Constantinople against east
ern inndels. This land OF the pagan
queen was filled with gold.
Cortcz. the explorer OF later date,
had read and been impressed by this
tale. When he set out upon his ex-
petition OF adventure his mind was
thrilled at the thought OF new riches
he was to acquire, and thus he called
the land which he discovered on the
Pacific coast, California. From that
day 70 this IL has been known as the
golden" state, and It's people have
been named "gOid hunters.
IL Is an interesting matter for In
gestigation. this OF how the states OF
the union came to be called what
they are called today, the manner In
which they acquired their various
nicknames and why their respective
citizens are characterized by the
more or less odious epitliets that
cling To them. In other words, why
are North Carolians called tar
heels,' citizens of Colorado called
"royers, lndianians 'hoosiers, or
Missourians "pukes?"
IL Is recalling facts In history TO
answer. In the first place, most OF
the states which form this union
took their names originally from the
stream or mountain that formed a
conspicuous feature OF the territory
and these had been previously named
by the Indians.
The state OF Colorado was named
for the river. The word means
"red." AS general thing Colorado
streams are clear, limpid and reflect
the blue Of the heavens and natures
green. hut when mountain storms
arise there is rolled through these
disturbed waters quantities OF red
sand. Hence the name.
Colorado was admitted into the
union the year OF the centennial, and
hence its nickname, the Centennial
State" It's people are called "rov-
crs, !" an epithet that was called Into
being by the Pixies Peak gold fever.
TO Missouri, named for the river
the Indians called big Muddy"
and her people Is attached the repre-
hensihlc nickname OF "puke. I" This
dates back to 1927, the time when
the Galena lead mines were drawing
people from all over the country. Sc
many of these came from Missouri
that other Missourlans who had
gone on before remarked that the
state bad taken sudden "puke. "
Several years previous TO this time
there had been big exodus from
these same mines that had given rise
10 the nickname OF the citizens oil
Illinois. or Tribe OF Men,. (" A
large party boarding the steamer at
the 6alena wharf was asked, "Where
are ye going?" ito hum, was the
reply. 'well." was the reJoinder oil
tbt oiu uituatt " PueahV AZ "Ahu
OF suckers. They 20 up the river
the spring, spawn, and all return
down again In the fall" TIE iii,
noisans became suckers, The state
Is known as the Prairie state on ac.
count of It's sweeping land,
Just why the lndianians are called
"hoosiers" is u matter that has not
been entirely settled In the earlier
days the word "hnsher" was Il com
mon western term for bully, ant
this IL offered by some authorities M
an explanation of the term hoosier
Others say that II Is the result OF 1
contraction OF the question, "Who''
yer"
lowans, "drowsy ones, " are hawk
eyes, because an Indian chief OF thai
name once spread terror among trav
elers abroad In bis land. kansan,
have been jayhawkers since the days
OF the civil war, when the guerilla
hands inaugurated lawless methoC
OF warfare. On the other hand, as Il
To atone for this unpleasant epithet
the state has been dubbed the gar
den Of the west" on account OF II.
great productiyeness
nenisens Of the land where thu