Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
oDU FNCTDENTs IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
THE NICKNAMEs OF THE s7

THE NICKNAMES OF THE STATES
 Most of the forty eight states in the Union have from time to time been nicknamed either by some circum- stances or by some accident, which names have ding to them and by which title they are often referred to in speaking of them, and the same is true Of the inhabitants of these states some of these names have more or less significance, while the names of others have been more less triYially given.
 Pennsylvania has come down to be known as the Keystone state for the reason at the time of the organiza- ton of the thirteen states Pennsyl- vania was looked upon as the central Of the thirteen states were arranged state of the Union, and when the names in the form of an arch Pennsylvania would occupy the place of the Key stone, The people of the state have had attached to them the name of Pennanites and leather heads.
 New York has been termed the Elm pire state on account of it's being the most populous and wealthy state of the Union. Its residents are genarally called KnickeT lockers.
 Ohio is called the Buckeye State be- cause of the horse chestnut trees which grow there in great quantities. and which, for more than a century have been known by the peculiar nuts that they bear as s}.buekeyes." Massachusetts is known as the Bay state. Under the first charter the government was called the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay and under the second charter the Province of the Massachusetts Bay. Hence, the nick name Bay Colony, Bay Province or Bay state. The people are called Bean Eaters, from their partiality for Bos- ton beans and brown bread. Connecticut has been named the Land of Steady Habits, given in aI- fusion to the moral character of her [ inhabitants, and Nutmeg State, whicI is far less complimentary, since it was bestowed on account of the peoples supposed shreWdness, who were jo. cosely accused of being clever enough to palm off wooden nutmegs for the genuine.
 Delaware also has two names-Blut 1 Hen and Diamond. The first title probably came through the fact that during the Revolutionary war tho 1 Delaware soldiers were known as "Tht Blue Hens Chickens" from the device on their flag. The latter name is giver for this states small size and grea worth.
 The reason for Colorado being called 1 the Centennial state is that it was ad mitted into the Union as a state or July 1, 1876. The people of the stat. have been nicknamed 'Rovers l though their unsettled tendencies. l Kentucky is known as the Blue Gras state from the blue grass that grow there in great abundance, and also a the Dark and Bloody Ground, the lat ter an epitome of the conflicts betweel the white settlers and their red foes that section being the battlegroun l between the Southern and Norther1
 Indians. The people of the state hay
 been nicknamed the "Cornerackers,
 perhaps because the poor whites sub
 sist mostly on corn.
 Virginia has several nickname:
 most prominent of which are the OI Dominion and Mother of Presidents. |
 early documents we read of the Col
 ony" of Virginia, while later abou
 1874 there are allusions to the "Col
 ony and Dominion" of Virginia, abou
 1882 to the Dominion of Virginia
 Hence in time came the nickname t
 Virginia's loyalty to the Stuarts durin
 the civil war. The title Mother (
 Presidents came from the fact tha
 seven of our presidents were born i
 Virginia.
 West Virginia is known as the Pan
 handle state, because of the long mar