File:Nicknames of the states, 1884.jpg

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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 Flints"

South Carolina: "Weasel"

Tennessee: "Whelp"

Texas: "Beef Head"

Utah: "Utah"

Vermont: "Green Mountain Boys"

Virginia: "Beadle"

Washington: "Washingtonians"

West Virginia: "Pan Handle"

Wisconsin: "Badger"

Wyoming: "Wyoming Ter.
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Author Mackwitz, St. Louis

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