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New Mexico shows an alien because of Roswell. In 1947 an object crashed near roswell. The government showed up, carted off the crash and people suspected it was an alien craft. More than likely it was a government test vehicle, but the whole area around roswell still uses the "alien" thing as a tourist attraction. Also it is what people think is hiding in area 51 is the remains from Roswell. So that's why the alien ship on New Mexico.
Oh I really wanna see him react to all the alien stuff in the Southwest!
The original conspiracy theory.
And the pepper is there because of the Hatch Chile Festival, a large annual event celebrating all things spicy 🌶🔥🌶🔥
Hatch New Mexico has a great Burger place Sparkys... I live I El Paso... it's a 2 hour drive but worth it...
Yes!! I love how Roswell plays up on the alien theme!! 💕
Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote before it was even a state. It didn't become a state until 1890. Few people know that in order for Wyoming to get the votes they needed to become a state, they had to let everyone vote. That included every race and gender and religion. It was truly founded on Equality.
We do go by that nickname, but we are also called the Cowboy State. Our University's (yes, we only have 1) mascot is Cowboy Joe. Their team is the Cowboys.
That's really interesting because most of the time you hear about the opposite, people trying to restrict certain demographics from voting to get the result they want.
Although I'm sure back when they became a state they didn't do it because they were really progressive or feminist or something lol😂
@nannerz1994 Maybe, but letting women vote definitely was and has been. They started voting in every election as of 1869. In 1870, Wyoming had the first female judge. Women's suffrage is written into the state's constitution. Other firsts for Women in the country that happened in
Wyoming include:
1st female bailiff (1870)
1st female newspaper owners
1st female School Superintendant of Public Instruction
1st female State Legislator (1910)
1st female mayor (1912)
1st town to be entirely run by women
1st female governor (1924)
1st female state senator
1st female state auditor
1st female state treasurer
1st female secretary of state
1st female US Congressman (1995)
1st female state Supreme Court Judge (2000)
1st female US Army Infantry NCO (2015)
There were 3 female delegates on the state's Constitutional Convention
And I know I missed something 1sts. Wyoming was NEVER segregated. In all of our old pictures, the population is mixed white, black, Mexican, male, female etc. Clear back to the 1870s.
So, although they are a red state (they are actually Libertarian), they have actually always been very progressive when it comes to citizen's rights. You won't find gerrymandering in Wyoming.
Recent progressiveness of Wyoming:
Schools opened in person as of August 2020 in Wyoming. But by law, if you had COVID, you were required to quarantine for 14 days, or you could be arrested... not that anyone was arrested. And there was a mask requirement.
Like other red states, we aren't immune to MAGA. They tried to pass an abortion bill, but it was shot down because it violated the Wyoming State Constitution and Women's rights.
They may have been largely traditional in their churches. They were fierce advocates for freedom of religion, welcoming all... even non-Christians.
The tribes of Wyoming were the first in the country to have water rights on their land, too.
Okay. So we can blame Wyoming for all the problems 😂😂😂
@@Eniral441 Very progressive, they haven't lynched a homosexual since 1998!
Nice to see someone else from Wyoming here. I live in Kemmerer where the first ever JC Penny is. Lol. Of all places. We don’t have a Walmart but we do have JC Penny
Other reason nebraska was once called "the tree planter state" was to conquer the dust bowl they planted a bunch of wind breaks along fields, to break up the wind from the open plains.
Bluegrass does look more blueish compared to other grasses. It’s obviously still green. But your eyes will tell you it’s blue next to a different grass.
Another reason is the music BLUEGRASS THE GENRE NOT JUST GRASS 😂
Wisconsin is also know as the dairy state due to the large amount of dairy farms and is still one of the leading producers of cheese in the world.
Yeah I always thought it was called the dairy state and I even lived there for a summer 😂
I want to make a nomination for you guys to be called the Culver state 🤤
Michigan is also known as the Great Lakes state, because most of the state is surrounded by a Great Lake. I have heard it called the Mitten state before, obviously because of its shape, but I think it’s a less common nickname.
Living in the lower peninsula in Michigan is great. You can point to where you live on your hand. 😂
@@dmelzinga Yes, we walk around with our maps permanently attached to our right arm.
Michigan is also known as the Great Lake state. Since it’s two peninsula’s are surrounded by Great Lakes.
My great-great grandfather was a Badger. He settled in Wisconsin in the 1830's and mined lead for about 5 years, eventually earning enough money to buy land and become a farmer. He was unusual because he was German. A lot of the Badgers were from Cornwall and already experienced miners. The homes dug into the hills were actually pleasant, warm in our frigid winters and cool in our hot summers.
One thing they probably should have mentioned about Massachusetts is that the nickname also gives us the most used demonym (what you call a resident). The most common and official one is Bay Stater. The US government wants it to be Massachusettsan and that is cumbersome as hell. We also sometimes call ourselves Massholes.
I tossed in Tax-achusetts, just to cover all our loving names for home.
Is Massholes what you guys call yourselves or just folks from Boston😂
The beehive isn’t explained why it is important culturally. When the Mormon settlers first arrived the beehive was important because it represented bees which are very industrious in making honey so the beehive represents industry or working hard. Industry is also the state motto.
Came here to say that....
Didn't know that... Thanks! 👍
North Dakota got ua beat in mass honey production, but ironically the company I used to work for there was started by a Mormon 😂
Nothern Michigan are called YOOPERS. Upper Peninsula, UP, U-Prs, Yoopers
Michigan here...we are known as The Great Lakes State, it is the official name, locals also refer to Michigan as the Mitten state cause its shaped like a Mitten.
Southern Michigander here, love ya all!
Heyo fellow michigander. Wolverine State!
Didnt we just get a new official nickname in Michigan a couple years ago? Water Winter Wonderland
@@DistortionRequired It was a slogan introduced back in 1967 on license plates, the Secretary of State reintroduced it back in 2022 on plates again, it is another nickname for Michigan but not official. "The Great Lakes State" is the current nickname adopted with House Bill 6385 in September of 2002.
It's where the aliens crashed their ship, Roswell, New Mexico
That's just what they want you to think.
Area 51
@@deannepitre4191Area 51 isn’t in New Mexico it’s in Nevada. Roswell is in New Mexico
Yeah I was surprised Lewis didn’t know that about New Mexico with all the content he watches…
Allegedly 😉
I have lived in Alabama my whole life. “The Yellowhammer State” is like the official moniker or something. But, “The Heart Of Dixie” is also a big thing and is legally required to be on all state issued automobile license plates. It references that Alabama was the original center and first Capital of the Confederacy.
My relatives in Alabama swing between calling it the heart of Dixie or calling it the Rolltide state. I'm assuming because of the University.
Nothing to be proud of.
@@themoviedealers when did he say he was proud?
@@yukikitsune7366the University Football Team to be exact.
@@themoviedealersyou lie well for an ignorant fool.
I'm from Tennessee, I always heard that 'the volunteer state' came from a troop of volunteers, including Davy Crockett, that went to fight at the Alamo in Texas's war of independence from Mexico. Also the reason they put the alien spaceship on New Mexico is because Roswell, New Mexico is where the spaceship landed in the 1940's.
Where the fairy tale of a ufo landing occurred.
No spaceship landed on earth ever. Good grief.
And you are correct. This guy is wrong about a lot of this.
#TITANUP
"landed" 😂 Yeah... landed straight into the ground without slowing down! 👽💥💀
Kentucky is not only known as Bluegrass state for the grass planted for many thoroughbred pastures but also Bluegrass music.
Bluegrass music got it's name, because it came from there.
Actually bluegrass music was named after Bill Monroe band who were called the bluegrass boys . However Bill Monroe was born in Kentucky in Rosine .
I Bluegrass wasn't planted for the horses there has always been bluegrass in KY. It was simply preferred grass for the horses. I live in KY and love the history just saying...
@@cathyhatfield445 there's plenty of it, in Roanoke valley, VA.
Its gorgeous.
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In answer to your question about why Texas is called "The Lone Star State," Lewis:
Prior to becoming a US State, Texas had been a territory of Mexico and, at the time, had 2 stars on it's flag, after Texas gained its independence from Mexico, the state flag was changed to have 1 Star on it
Yo Bro, North Carolina was called the "Tar Heel" state because during the war everyone said that our soldiers in NC stood firm and couldn't be pushed back, as if they had tar on their heels.
Yo we're TAR HEELIN' HERE!! YEEEEEEEE HAW!! 👣
Which war was that again? Oh right the Civil War. NC was known as the Tar Heel state before the revolution just as this video said.
@@mrfun0000 Wrong they were called that during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. LOL!! Why would you say that someone has tar on their heels for no reason?? 😆
By all means continue to entertain us with your mental wizardry, Mr Mentality. 😆🤣
@@MAGGOT_VOMIT even the University of NC website says it was before the Revolutionary War and because of the all the dock work and tar production. What you say is true but not the reason for the nickname. The point is that anyone who works with tar all day will get it on their feet.
@@mrfun0000 Nope, then they would've just simply been called Tarfeet. Use common sense. I'm 50yr Revolutionary and Civil War relic hunter. I know what those 100's of old books said. "Tar Heel" was never a name used in any text before the Revolutionary war. Why would it have been? I know my state's history. You're just uttering bs.
I do remember locals referring to Idaho as the "Gem state". We actually dug up beautiful gems growing up. We payed a fee to go digging within some national forest that had a bunch of star garnets. These garnets are only found in Idaho and India. It was actually a really cool experience :)
I am from Arizona. We re also known as 'The Copper State.' Mining has always been a big part of the economy. We were known for silver more than anything, but Nevada had the big 'Comstock Lode' silver discovery and became a state first. Arizona was one of the last states added, so a lot of the other names that would fit were taken by other states and nobody else has a canyon quite like ours.
Kentuckian here. We're called the Bluegrass State, because if you let bluegrass grow to its natural height of two to three feet, you'll notice clusters of small blue flowers that blossom at the tops of the stems. We are also known for our Bluegrass music, bourbon and the Kentucky Derby. And, of course, KFC. And so much more historically. Including but not limited to, Daniel Boone and his gravesite, Abraham Lincoln's home cabin and Lexington being the horse capital of the world
The grass also has a blue hue from above when flying over the state. Speaking of the Derby, I live literally next to Churchill Downs and the Derby is coming up very soon. The neighborhood will be busy. This Saturday is Thunder over Louisville. Always nice to see the massive fireworks show.
There is also the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green. BG also had a well-known brothel named Pauline's.
Daniel Boone is buried in Missouri where he died. You all stole the wrong body; that is what told at his son house where he died.
Yes, died and was buried in Missouri. He was then exhumed and moved to Kentucky. His family claimed the wrong body was moved because they were angry with Kentucky. Their reasoning makes sense and it is possible based on the unmarked and misplaced headstone theory. However, there is no evidence that the state took the wrong body but it is possible. So currently, both states claim his burial. Even though one may have the wrong person. It is wild. Maybe one day they’ll sort it out.
@@Raijin-RyuX24 Who gave the state of Kentucky permission to remove his body, if the family was angry with Kentucky?
I'm a few seconds in and already like "huh?" that he called Arkansas (Ar-kin-saw) Ar-can-sus. 😅 I know it Looks like it should be pronounced that way, but a little app could've told him how to say it.
It's actually illegal to pronounce it that way in Arkansas lol. I used to date a guy from there and I said Arkan-sis and he got so mad, lol
What's wrong with "Our Kansas"?
Yeah I was coming here to say this LOL🎉
@@pauladuncanadams1750 It's wrong🤷♀️
@@thequeenmac Maybe people in Ar-Kansas don't know how to properly pronunciate? Ever thought of that???
I'm from Pennsylvania and am proud to be a keystoner, but I want to mention about our neighbor, Ohio. The buckeye is a nickname for a chestnut and the buckeye tree is really a Horse chestnut tree.
From STL Mo.
The Show Me State originated from Duncan Vandiver. He was a Congressman from Cape Girardeau.
The "Show me" is essentially a proclamation that Missourians take no claim as a fact and in you will have to "show me" some proof. We're not fools.
Tennessee is called The volunteer state because many of the hero’s in the war in Texas’s fight for independence from Mexico were from Tennessee. They volunteered to help in the fight.
And Texas remembers.
2 orange T's
They actually did volunteer for the war of 1812, and most scurmishes following. Texas was settled by a lot of Tennesseans. And we lost people like Davy Crockett at the Alamo. We are definitely related states.
A Prarie is an area of land that is predominantly grass land, flat and without trees. Perfect for growing wheat, corn, barley, soy, etc.
prairie is like the steppe
Ohio is also called Birthplace of Aviation because the Wright brothers were born here.
North Carolina is also called First in Flight because the Wright brothers flew the first plane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903.
Arkansas has the only know place where Diamonds are found in the US. It is a state park where you can go and look for Diamonds and keep any you find.
California's gold rush was HUGE! But gold and silver can also be found in Rocky Mountain states, Pacific states and Alaska. Diamonds have even been found in Wyoming and Colorado.
Diamonds in AR, also
And Idaho where he was obsessing over “gems” not realizing that can include diamonds
Yup. Okie here (20 miles from AR)so I know all about Arkansas
North Carolina has Gold as well.
Michigan aka The Great Lakes State aka Wolverine State aka Water & Winter Wonderland aka the Mitten. Our people have nicknames too. All people of Michigan are “Michiganders”. The folks from the upper peninsula are Yoopers. The folks from the lower peninsula are either Lopers or Trolls. Trolls because we live “under da bridge” (that is, south of the Mackinac Bridge that connects the 2 peninsulas).
Also, yes, the war over the Michigan Ohio border was a thing… it wasn’t much of a war though. More of an extremely heated argument
Hello from the Silver State. Fact: Nevada currently mines lots of gold. In fact, there's a new strike near Goldfield. There's a copper mine up in Ely, and we also have lithium. Besides gambling, mining is big for Nevada's economy.
Hi Lewis. Guess where I'm from. The Land of Enchantment. We have UFOs and aliens, red and green chile, cacti, and Chupacabras. Ain't it Enchanting?
NM?
Don't you also have Hela's and what's the word.....Meth? Just a little nudge there pal, many states can claim the Meth title 😂
Extra info for both FL and NM, which I have lived in both. NM was the original “sunshine state”. FL wanted it, thought it would be good for tourism. So, it made an agreement with NM for it.
Now it’s land of enchantment, it is enchanting. Such beautiful land. Locals will joke and say land of entrapment. Because people from out state get there and they don’t want to leave. A coworker of mine came decades ago from CA, car broke down in NM, and decided to stay indefinitely. Stories like that happen again and again. Also, entrapment can allude to feeling stuck there, since people there for the most part aren’t money rich.
The alien shown in NM represents Roswell NM, where a UFO… ummm, sorry… weather balloon crashed.
Also, NM is know for their red and green chili from Hatch, NM in particularly, hence the chilis.
I'm from Alabama and we refer to it as both the Yellowhammer State and the Heart of Dixie. My car tag actually says Heart of Dixie. The official bird of Alabama is the Yellowhammer also known as the northern flicker woodpecker.
Many of the states actually have multiple nicknames. Michigan isn't just the Wolverine State (our mascot because it is a fighter like the honey badger), but also the Great Lakes State, affectionately the mittens state because of the shapes, and others. This is a fun video though.
In Wyoming we just call it the Cowboy State
From Connecticut. Much rather be called the Nutmeg state. It's a joke to call it the constitution state because the cops here are so clueless of it
I'm from Illinois, and we're also called The Land of Lincoln because Abraham Lincoln, although born in Kentucky, lived in Illinois for most of his adult life and practiced law and politics here before becoming the first president from Illinois.
It was funny to see Lewis so confused on what a Prarie is! I have lived in it and heard about them my whole life! But I guess in England praries aren't a thing.
When Texas decided to join the United States, there is a condition written into the agreement that Texas is allowed to secede from the United States as a whole, without any penalties. Essentially, when the south tried to secede, it started the American Civil War, but Texas would be allowed, if they wanted to, with their own militia and arms, to secede from the United States, without any backlash or war, being started from the rest of the United States as a whole.
That is one of the main reasons why Texans have always been so proud of their state, because to a degree they still have their own independence
I'm from New Mexico (The Land of Enchantment). We are famous for Roswell - a town in SE New Mexico that had a famous UFO crash in 1947, and for our chile peppers (yum)! Locals also call our state the Land of Entrapment because you fall in love with it and can't leave among other reasons (some corruption)!
When I went to UNM in the 90s it was called Land of the Plague, Home of the Fleas. Because of, you know, The Plague.
@@georgemetz7277 Yea, that was a problem back then. Mostly on the reservations. I live close to the mountain, so no fleas, no mosquitoes, but more snow!
I was born in Carlsbad. People forget we have the caverns that run to Mexico. What sucked growing up, was being asked, "where I was born", I grew up in El Paso TX, so when I answered "Carlsbad", "You were born in a cave" 😒 New Mexico has tons of different parks and landmarks. We also have a natural waterfall nearby. Most of New Mexico is touristy. But it can definitely be the "Land of Entrapment", instead of Enchantment.
Idaho local. The Gem State. I remember as a kid learning that people visiting would pay to hunt geodes (rocks with crystals inside) and I couldn’t understand why anyone would pay to look for something you found lying around everywhere. They’re not so common anymore, and a lot smaller, but you can still find tons of crystals in gravel from rocks ground up in the area.
The reason for the gems is because of the volcanic activity combined with the collision of plates forming the Rocky Mountains. What is left over from erosion is the granite that is molten crystallized rock that slowly cools. There are tons of mines around, but granite is so hard, only diamond can cut it. Many people just used dinamite and nitroglycerine to blast the rock away. Up side is that cave-ins are less likely and you don’t need supports. Flooding was pretty common though.
Louisiana is known as The Sportman's Paradise...referring to hunting and fishing.
Minnesota is also known as The Land of 10,000 Lakes, though we actually have, officially, 14,380 lakes in the state.
Rep it!!!!!
We have the most lakes and the most mosquitoes 😂
Alaska has over 3 million lakes...
@@maxzero9647 Just checked. 3,179 lakes in Alaska.
@@rachellesommerfeld6575 Those are only the ones that have official paperwork filed for names.
From Wikipedia: Alaska has about 3,197 officially named natural lakes,[C][1][B] out of over 3,000,000 unnamed natural lakes,[2] approximately 67 named artificial reservoirs,[C][3] and 167 named dams.[C][4]
Aloha in Hawaiian (the language) is used as hello and goodbye. Oklahoma state is also widely known as the panhandle state due to its shape.
Evergreen state here! It fits- Home of beautiful and expansive evergreen tree forests. It is gorgeous. We are green year round. Have some beautiful snow pictures of the green trees under snow.
8:30 GATORS NOT CROCODILES
Florida has both tho
@@maryjane4432 barely any
@@maryjane4432 it’s known for alligators anyways
Everglades is known for having BOTH gators and crocodiles, as gators can be found across swathes of the Southeast in general
@@Jliske2 not that many crocodiles
I'm from South Carolina (SC)--the Palmetto State--and locals definitely know and use the nickname. It's used to precede the name of many businesses, events, clubs--you name it! Palmetto trees grow naturally in the coastal region of SC. They look like Palm trees but they're shorter and smaller. Palmetto wood is spongy and in the Revolutionary War it was discovered that cannonballs would actually bounce off of this wood, so a Palmetto-log fort was built on Sullivan's Island, and it held against British attack in June of 1776.
I was born and raised in Texas and yes we do use the Lone Star name quite often and we call our flag the Lone Star
I was born and raised in Utah, and I currently live in Idaho. Idaho is often referred to as the potat state, though gem state is its nickname. A lot of farmers grow potatoes here and Blackfoot has a potato museum. If you ever visit Idaho, you should visit the potato museum and got to Crater on the Moon, which is a place in or near Arco Idaho that is volcanic rock that resembles craters on the moon.
Precious metals coal ore and other gems and ore are usually found within the same region. They can all be found in the same exact place usually just at different quantities you can find gems or other precious metals while mining coal. Usually the metals ores and gems are found around mountains. We have a lot of mountains all over the US. Gold gems etc. can even be found in the mountains of Georgia.
I'm from the "Golden State" (CA) who's nickname is also in reference to it's abundant sunshine. However, over a 40 yr period I've lived all over the country including the "Hoosier State" (IN), "Wolverine State" (MI), "Bay State" (MA), "Yellow Hammer State" or "Heart of Dixie" (AL), "Everglade State" (FL), "The Last Frontier" (AK) and "The Lone Star State" (TX). Out of all those, I've lived in Alaska and Texas 3 times each and back "home" in Southern California a few times in between as well. Of everywhere I've lived I have 2 very different favorites. Alaska for it's unrivaled peace and beauty. And Southern Alabama because of the amazing people. It sincerely broke my heart to have to leave there.
CA in no longer the golden state now it is COMMIE-fornia or HELL-ifornia. State is completely destroyed.
I’m not from New Mexico myself, but the UFO on the image is a reference to all the alien stuff associated with Roswell, New Mexico. Alleged UFO sightings near there have become a big tourist attraction and movie/tv plot thing.
The Diamond State was a metaphor for its location where as California did have gold & Nevada does have silver mines & Gems and Treasures were found in Idaho &Montana.
Yo bro. Born and raised in Louisiana and we call that state The Boot due to the shape/outline of it. Living in texas atm and go back home every chance I get. There's no place like home.
I live on the Iowa and Nebraska border. In both states, Cornhusker (Nebraska) and Hawkeye (Iowa) also have ties to college football, through their mascots, and so you will absolutely hear people claim to be a Hawkeye and the Cornhuskers have been shortened to just Huskers. They have a pretty serious rivalry around these parts. However, Iowa also has Iowa University and their mascot is the Cyclones, so you may find some people in Iowa that claim to be a Cyclone, though it's less common. (School spirit lives on even after graduation through alumni and football fans.) These are absolutely not the only universities in either state, but they are the ones that have the more popular football teams, and as you have noticed, America loves their football. Even if someone didn't go to a university, it's common for a fan of their football team to adopt the "I am a (insert mascot here)" mentality. All this to say, yes, Cornhusker and Hawkeye are both used by locals to refer to our states.
I'm from the Land of Enchantment and it really is enchanting, there's a lot of great places to visit. The UFO is for Roswell where there were alleged UFO crash sightings in the 1950s.
We call our grass blue because of the bluish-green hue that the grass has when it flowers, especially in large fields where the flowers create a blueish tint when viewed from a distance… with the combination of dew, and light reflecting when the sun is rising or setting. 11:56
I am so glad many people are posting the proper pronunciations of some of the names. I can forgive the mispronounciations of some of the nicknames but it hurt when I heard him say the name of the state of Arkansas. Ooofff! LOL! 😆
BTW, I was born and have lived 47 out of my 57 years of life in the state of New York, the Empire State. I am still living here in New York but I specifically live in New York City also known as The Big Apple which if I recall right it refers to an old Broadway theatrical terminology.🍎 But I did live 10 years of my adolescente life in Florida, the Sunshine State. 🌞
Prairies are the plains and grasslands of the Midwest USA. Where you find prairie dogs.
Bro... How is he gonna do Mississippi like that!
The Hospitality State.
ya i didnt even see him mention it but I've always known it as The Magnolia State
Washington State is also called the evergreen state. Because of its immense beauty. L3 you might want to experience Washington State.
Virginia is also called the State for Lovers. You can visit Jamestown to do a tour of the first settlement. I never knew Old Dominion was the nickname but it make sense because many companies here have Dominion in their name.
And also ODU in Norfolk…
I came to the comments and skipped the video to make sure they got Va. right… Seems like they did.
@Jessikalo17 Yeah, they got it right.
Other nicknames for MA are Puritan/Pilgrim State or Old Colony State, one of the old colonies and where the pilgrims landed. There is a good amount of interesting history in MA and a lot of preserving of that history too, the bad and the good.
Buc-ees is more of a Texas thing, but there are a few in a couple other states. I believe there's one off of I-40 in Kodak, TN, the Exit to go down to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.
They are expanding rapidly, there are a few locations in Colorado.
Hi from KC Missouri! The "show me state" lol this always makes us laugh and yes we use it when were playing around. As in, oh yeah???! "show me" 😉😂
Bluegrass gets its name from the fact that when you see fields of bluegrass from a distance, it has a scheme to it, which has a blueish color thus the name. I've had the opportunity on occasions in my life. Where I've driven through Kentucky and the area that havethanks rolling horse land where you can see bluegrass from distances and it's amazing how it looks blue.
I'm a Land of Enchantment person! We have Roswell... where the famous alien crash happened in the 1940s. Most of us here know there's a tremendous amount of enchanting and hidden beauty here; plus our culture and definitely our FOOD!
Marylander here, born and raised: I have never actually heard anyone call Maryland "The Old Line" state. The first time I ever came across that was wikipedia. And "The Free State" is a new one on me.
Another one I've only ever seen on the internet is "America in Miniature." It comes from how Maryland has so many different environments. Suppossedly. Again, never actually came across it in real life.
The only nickname I've ever actually heard people call Maryland in real life is the Bay State, because of the Chesapeake Bay.
Also, what was up with the map having a blank space for Maryland? What was that about?
As a Michigander, wolverines are commonly linked to michigan, the number one school, Univercity of Michgan's mascot is the woverines, but I think a lot of michiganders call, and like to be called as the state of the great lakes, the great lakes state is more commonly what michigan is refered to, its on bumper stickers, license plates, u see stickers in car windows of the shape of michigan as well as all the great lakes quite commonly too, and also its another fun thing that the starting of each of the names of the great lakes spells out "homes" like michigan is the homes of many. were really proud of our great lakes. also lighthouses are something people link to michigan too as theres a lot of michigan light houses along the shores of the lakes
I have lived in Old South carolina all my life. The nickname Palmetto state comes from a native palm tree called the Palmetto tree. This tree was chosen to build a fort that took part in an old battle that held the line. It was bombarded by navel canons. The Palmetto trees spongy nature allowed it to deflect those Canon balls and tended not to break from the ballistic force, which allowed the fort to fight off the navel ships with little damage or causuilty.
Lewis you may like to see, The Fat Electrician's video (Old Basterds) the 77th infantry. Keep up with the good work 😎👍
Often, the nickname for a state can be found on that state's license plate (Alaska - the last frontier, Delaware - the first state, Kansas - the wheat state, Illinois - land of Lincoln, Minnesota - 10,000 lakes, Wyoming - the cowboy state)
Bluegrass is called that because although the grass is green, during the rain months it blooms with small blue flowers at the tip. When they showed the picture, the grass was starting to bloom but the flowers were not developed.
Georgia might be known for peaches, but that crop isn't our biggest agricultural export by any means. We actually produce far more peanuts (I could live with "peanut state"), chickens (do NOT call us the "chicken state;" just no), pecans (yum), blueberries (meh), and our famous Vidalia Onions ("onion state" is acceptable).
Of course, one can argue that "Peach State" currently refers to the fact we've got way too many streets and places named "peachtree." You can't throw a squirrel in Atlanta without hitting something named "Peachtree."
Fellow Georgia Peach here. NONE of those names are acceptable, lol. We just need to up peach production thats all😆 Plus while we don't produce the most peaches its pretty universally believed we produce the sweetest so The Name Stays👏🏿😂😂
@@zarahbelle3627 Our Georgia Peaches are indeed delicious, true. The argument of "flavor over quantity" is valid. (I do really love our sweet onions, though, so I still say that homage to them would be acceptable.)
@@burnslikeice9994 Your right, and as I think about it the “Vidalia State” ain’t too bad. Touché,lol
Hoosier here, and yeah we have no idea what it means or why we are called that but we all embrace it and there are definitely interesting theories out there if you google it.
I've heard the two explanations given in the video, plus also that in inn/bar fights, people would sometimes find a stray ear cut off and ask, "Whose ear?"
I live in Virginia (Old Dominion). We don't really refer to it much as the old dominion but some company's have chosen to use it as part of their names. Old Dominion Realty is one of them. Also Old Dominion University. We also have a place in WV and that nickname tends to get used a bit more because it truly is a state full of mountains.
You need to do famous city nicknames next. e.g. The city of angels, sin city, the city that never sleeps.
I'm from Kentucky, and when the sun light hits kentucky bluegrass in a certain way, it gives off a hint of blue color among the green. It's magical to see it in person.
Nebraskan here! Arbor Day is a big deal in our state. It’s treated like a major holiday.
The first Arbor Day occurred on April 10, 1872, in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It’s estimated that nearly one million trees were planted on this day.
Today, the family home, Arbor Lodge, is a state park in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Over the years, Arbor Lodge grew from a four-room home into a 52-room mansion, complete with a terraced garden, a pine grove, and 65 acres of more than 250 varieties of trees and shrubs.
Your reaction to my state (Michigan), made me SO happy bro. I appreciate that so much. ^w^
I was born and raised in Louisiana. Only 25 minutes from the Texas line. We are called the pelican state but also the boot and the bayou state.
I'm from Illinois, and while we're known as the Prairie State for our vast farmlands north of I-64 in ths south all the way to Chcago up north, we're also known as The Land of Lincoln. As Abraham Lincoln made his adult home in Illinois and served in the Illinois legislature for a bit before becoming the President in 1861.
I'm from Connecticut, born and raised and I'm still living there in the same town I've lived in my whole life. I was taught the nickname for CT was "The Constitution State" in school, but I really only see it on our state license plates and that's it. I never hear anyone call it that, everyone always calls it "The Nutmeg State" and a lot of CT residents call themselves "Nutmeggers", which, while I don't personally call myself that, it is fun to say 😅.
Michigan is also the Great Lake State. It is surrounded on 3 sides by the Great Lakes. Or the Mitten State...it is shaped like a mitten.
Born and raised in the Golden State of California and yes the nickname is correct.
The California gold rush (1848-1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy; the sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood in the Compromise of 1850.
I'm from Kentucky, and the grass does have a blue cast to it especially in the shade. It is a fine bladed grass which is very lush, but does not tolerate the heat as well as some other varieties of grass.
The name Kentucky bluegrass derives from its flower heads, which are blue when the plant is allowed to grow to its natural height of 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 feet).
New York's "seat of the Empire" nickname comes from the fact that the British made New York their base of power during the colonial and revolutionary period.
true they fucking sat on our shit the whole revolutionary war 😭😭 I’m curious about how the rebels living in new york city and on long island were treated during that time
Born and raised in Souther New Jersey (the garden state) and now live in North Carolina (the Tar Heel State). All I can say is I miss the fresh veggies from NJ and live for care packages arriving in NC lol.
Born and raised in Minnesota - I haven't heard "North Star" very often, not since the 90s when the North Stars NHL team moved LOL. Mostly, we're known as "The Land of 10,000 Lakes" (though that number is actually smaller than the actual number of lakes here) but that's not really a nickname.
Alabama's state bird is a Yellowhammer, also called Northern Flicker which is a woodpecker. It has red markings if it is in the West US but has yellow markings if in the East. It was adopted as the state bird during the Civil War.
Hey Bro... I'm from Kansas. The Sunflower state. My great grandmother grew Russian sunflowers. A site to see. But we as a people from the state are JayHawkers!
I'm from the Magnolia State (Mississippi) but is living in the Show Me State (Missouri). So I say Hey yall you gotta show me!!!
Nebraska was actually called the Beef State and was on the motor vehicle license plates for years.
New Mexico is famous for its UFO sightings. I think it's mostly because we have a lot of military and research stations somewhere around there as well as in Nevada and Colorado so New Mexico just sees a lot of government tests. Even so, Roswell, NM is famous for its UFO/martian attractions.
I live in Louisiana, the state nickname is NOT the pelican state. Pelican is the state bird, and on the state flag. But, the nickname is "Sportsmans Paradise" ; this is because of the bounty of fishing and hunting.
I knew not to trust this video, when the narrator called Arkansas "Ar-kansas" at the beginning of the video!
Texas should thank us . Sam Houston was from Tennessee and he went to Texas and helped them from the Mexican soldiers
Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state. Hawaii is the the southernmost state.
For anyone wondering how Alaska could also be the easternmost state, the Aleutian Islands stretch out so far, they actually cross the International Dateline, making parts of Alaska in the eastern hemisphere. Hence, easternmost.
Nevada. Nevada is Spanish for "snow capped" which is true bc we are the most mountainous state in the lower 48 states. Where I live in Reno we have 300 days of sunshine a year.
My Hometown is Wilmington, NC. North Carolina is the Tarheel State, It originated from Tar that was used to build ships. The workers who were barefoot would get some of the tar on their Heels, Hence the Tarheel nickname.
To answer your question about how often residents of each state use their state nicknames, I can't speak for the rest of the country but as a Texan i can comment on Texas. The reason this video says that the nickname the Lone Star State is the most famous one is because it is in common use in Texas because its so deeply tied into our history.