Nicknames of the states, 1884

Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Text reads: "Nicknames of the states. H.W. Hill & Co. Decatur Illinois, sole manufacturer of Hill's hog ringers, Hill's triangular rings, calf & cow weaners, stock markers, &c. Printed in our own advertising department; copy of this map mailed for 5 one cent stamps." Text within the states are: Alabama: "Lizzard" Arizona: "Arizonia" Arkansas: "Tooth Pick" California: "Gold Hunter" Colorado: "Rover" Connecticut: "Wooden Nutmegs" Dakota: "In the Land of the Dakotas" Delaware: "Musk Rat" Florida: "Fly up the Creek" Georgia: "Cracker" Idaho: "Chaw Bacon" Illinois: "Sucker" Indiana: "Hoosier" Iowa: "Hawkeye" Kansas: "Jayhawker" Kentucky: "Corn Cracker" Louisiana: "Creole" Maine: "Foxes" Maryland: "Craw Thumper" Massachusetts: "Bay State" Michigan: "Wolverine" Minnesota: "Gopher (it)" Mississippi: "Tadpole" Missouri: "Puke" Montana: "Montana Ter." Nebraska: "Bug Eater" Nevada: "Sage Hen" New Hampshire: "Granite State Boys" New Jersey: "Clam Catcher" New Mexico: "Greaser" New York: "Knickerbocker" North Carolina: "Tar Heel" Ohio: "Buckeye" Oklahoma: "Indian Ter." Oregon: "Web Feet" Pennsylvania: "Pennite" Rhode Island: "Gun Fli

Date

1884

Mapmaker / publisher

Mackwitz, St. Louis

Place

the United States

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

9,334 × 5,232 pixels

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