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Iowas nickname, theHawkeye State, is in honor of Black Hawk, an Indian chief who spent most of his life in neighboring Illinois! Kansas also has a "hawkish" nickname: theJayhawk State. Jayhawkers were free-state guerrilla fighters opposed to the pro-slavery fighters in the years before the Civil War. Kentucky is theBluegrass State. Bluegrass is really bright green but looks bluish from a distance. Louisiana is theBayou State. A bayou is a slow-moving stream. Hundreds of them flow through this southern state, and many are full of alligators! Maine, in the nations northeast, is thePine Tree Statebecause it is covered in evergreen woods. And directly across the country, on the Pacific Coast, is the state of Washington. It also has lots of evergreen trees so, not surprisingly, it is theEvergreen State. The eastern state of Massachusetts is theBay State. This body of water separates most of the state from famous Cape Cod. Six state nicknames are taken from native animals. Michigan is theWolverine State. A wolverine is a small, fierce mammal. The badger is a similar and equally fierce creature and Wisconsin is theBadger State. Neighboring Minnesota, theGopher State, is named for a much nicer animal that builds hills and tunnels. However, theLand of Ten Thousand Lakesis written on Minnesotas vehicle license plates. North Dakota gets its nickname, theFlickertail Statenot from some bird, but from a little squirrel. South Dakota takes its nickname, theCoyote State, from an animal that thinks flickertails are good to eat! And Oregon, theBeaver State, borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams. Next week, we will tell you about more state nicknames, including one that is about people s feet! (MUSIC) This VOA Special English program was written by Ted Landphair. I m Barbara Klein.      ,TRX,_>e_f[`Ns^Swww.TingClass.net f[ ~,TR N,TRX00MQ9,TR N}0www.tingclass.net -  PAGE 2 -  01g v ! . 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