The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-19

found it may soon be without a trace;
that "A well-regulated and beneficial
commerce may enrich your citizens and
that your state-at present the seat of
empire-may set such examples OF wis
dom as shall have a tendency 10
strengthen the union"
And from that day to this New York
has been known as the Empire state.
Back in the early days, before
America as a nation began TO make
history. somebody wrote a romance and
calld it Las Sergas de Esplanadian,'
and somebody else published it in 1910,
In this tale a beautiful pagan queen
called Calafia. living in a kingdom
called California, furnished an army OF
amazons To Esplanadian. emperor of
the Greeks. 10 aid in defending Con-
stantinOple against eastern infidels.
This land Of the pagan queen was filled
with gold.
Cortez. the explorer OF later date,
had read and been impressed by this
tale. When he set out upon his cXpedi-
ton of adventure his mind was thrilled
al the thought of new riches he was 10
acquire, and thus he called the land
which he discovered on the Pacific
coast. California From that day To
this it has been known as the golden
state, and its people have been named
gold hunters.
Ii is an interesting matter for inves-
tigation, this of how the states of the
union came 10 be called what they are
called today the manner in which they
acquired their various nicknames ana
why their respective citizens are char
acteriZed by the more or less odious
epithets that cling to them. In other
words why are North Carolinians
called tar heels" citizens of Colorado
called ''rovers," Indianians boosters,
or Misourians 'pukes?'
Ii Is recalling facts i'm history 10 an
sWer. 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
a general thing Colorado streams are
clear. nmpid and reflect the blue or
the heavens and natures green. But
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 'Tovers,' an cpl
thet 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 TeprehenSlble
nickname of 'puke." This dates back
To 1927, the time when the Galena lead
mines were drawing people from all
over the country. So many of these
came from Missouri that other Mis-
sourians who had gone on before re-
marked that the state had taken a
sudden ''puke'
Several years previous 10 this time
there had been big exodus from these
same mines that had given rise 10 the
nickname of the citizens of Illinois, or
Tribe of Men" \ large party While
boarding the steamer at the GaIeha
wharf was asked, Where are We GO
ing" To hum" was the reply.
Well" was the reioinder of the old
miner eve put me In mind of suckers.
They go uD the river In the spring,
spawn, and all return down again IN
the fall" The IninOisans became
suckers" The state is known as the
Prairie state on account OF its sweeping
land.
lust why the Indianians are called
''hOOsierS" is a matter that has not
been entirely settled. in the earlier
DAYS the word "husheT" was common
western term for bully, aud this Is
offered by some authorities as an eN-
pIanation of the term hoosier others
saw that il is the result of cOntrac-
zion of the question, Who's ye?'
IoXvans, "drOwsy ones" are hawk
ewes because an Indian chief Of that
name once spread terror among travel
ers abroad in his land. kansans nave
q heen jaVhawkeFs since the days or the
civil war. when the guerilla bands IN
\ augurated laWleSs method OF warfare.
1 ON the other hand. as if To atone Tor
I This unpleasant epithet, the state has
been dubbed the garden of the west
i. on account of its great producuNehrSS.
peuizens of the land where the biue-
grass grows. Kentucky, are calico
.'corpcrackerS because rail with ms
peculiar name Is the game biIG % nc. nc =
region Sometimes they are calico it'
horses" but nobody seems To Know
When La Sale entered the Gulf OF
Mexico in 1852 ne founded the l"rI, OF
st Louis and named IL Tor LOUIS -
of France, and the surrounding lerfito-
~. ne called Louisiana. The mhaDlI-
ants of This country originally WeLe
French and Spanish settlers. ana Ilei
descendants even today are called Gre
Oies.
To Henrietta Maria. wife Of Charles
of England and daughter OF Henry ~
az France both Maine and AaFSIauu
are indebted for their names. Ihe Ia l.
fer is NIaryS land. The former Is ue-
rived from Mayne the name Of the pa
trfn1oniaI estate of the French princes
PeopIe of this. the lumber state are
foxes" both ON account OF the aOuhd-
ance of this animal and because the
lives OF many we're passed IN the Woo"s
NIarylanders ara "craWthumpef>.
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. Massachusetts Is the indian name l"l
blue hills" il is the bay state De-
.ause ii was once the Massachusetts,
hay colony" and the people are Deans
ON account of the fdVorite dish WhlCi
every one knows is theirs. To say noun
ing of their knowing considerable more
Than beans is the popular conception
Michigan is the lake state and the
people are wolverines Minnesota
the north star" on account OF the IN
sigma of its seal Its people are go
Dhers." the allusion being 10 the honey
,-onbed condition of the state due "a
the small bodies of water.
Mississippi is the bayou state aho
its citizens are "tadpoles.' Nebraskahs
are called bug eaters" because bird
So named and believed To be OF eNl
omen BY the rural population frequents
that part of the country. People living
in Nevada are sage hens. IN New
Uampshire. granite boys i'm YER
mont. Green Mountain boys in South
carolina. 'weasels." in Virginia. 'bea-
dies" in Wisconsin. badgers.
New Jerseyites are "clam catchers
1ecause this is the principal occupation
y r the poorer classes. Ohioans are called
\ -buckeyes -" because of the abundance
az a tree by this name, the nut Of Whlcf
bears a strong resemblance TO buck
eye North Carolians are called ldl