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Alaska is the northernmost, easternmost, AND westernmost US state. Some of the Aleutian Islands are across the international dateline, which is what makes it eastern and westernmost.
Cool! I never thought of that!
The easternmost state would be Maine.
@@gabecollins5585 Portions of the Aleutian Island chain of Alaska actually extends to the Eastern Hemisphere since the 180th degree of longitude passes between islands in the chain. The Date Line doesn't, but the 180th degree of longitude does.
@@gabecollins5585 Nope. As I stated, due to some of the Aleutian Islands crossing the international dateline, Alaska is also the easternmost state.
@@BlackCatsAndCorgis That doesn’t make much sense but okay.
Native Americans were in all states. I'm in Alabama and love hunting for arrowhead points and pottery.
I have a friend up in Oregon who searches for Oregon Trail and Indian Wars era artifacts. He's found a lot of arrowheads and spent casings around there
I have been saying my whole life, that there are WAY too many arrowheads around, for how many natives we think were living here when we arrived. There had to have been higher populations, in the past. I think Small Pox made it's way West, before we did.
@Tijuanabill Yeah. I don't know how many fields I've seen that get plowed up, and after a good rain, they will be waiting for the picking. It just doesn't make sense.
I find broken pottery when I'm hiking where I live - SW Colorado near Durango. Never big pieces or anything, those have been picked out I'm sure.
Didn't realize what it was for the longest time. Then I saw a youtube video with some guy artifact hunting and he pointed it out.
No, the Native Americans were spread out all over the US. They were not concentrated mostly in the North. Many, like my family, were forced on to reservations by the US government. I'd recommend looking up "The Trail of Tears" for a better idea
Yes. As well as the forced removal of many other Nations from before the Removal Act to well after it, like the Diné's Long Walk.
Oh. I commented on your comment and it looks like it got deleted. How weird.
I simply concurred with you and added that many of our Nations were forced through their own removal experience. Like the Diné who went through the Long Walk.
@KahwahShutseh That's very strange, I think I remember you commenting, but I can't imagine why it was deleted. It wasn't offensive. It's truly heartbreaking what was done and how all these years later its still affecting us in so many ways.
The spaceship is a reference to Roswell most likely, not Area 51.
Exactly. I meant to comment on that, the famous incident where a UFO was reported to have crashed in Roswell, NM and was then covered up by the US government (not very well since everyone knows about it, lol) by saying it was just a weather balloon. I really loved the Roswell TV series from the 90's based off that crash. :)
@@xzonia1 The one with the kids driving around in the old Willys Jeep, an starts with a waitress getting shot? That was a great TV show.
@@RebelCowboysRVs That's the one. The waitress' name was Liz. :)
South Carolina's nickname of The Palmetto State comes from the American Revolution when in 1776 the palmetto logs of Fort Moultrie absorbed the cannonballs of attacking British ships rather than shattering like the oak planks of those ships did when fired upon from Fort Moultrie. The state seal includes an upright palmetto tree and two fallen oak trees to represent that battle.
being from south carolina, I was really disappointed to hear the video boil down SC's nickname to just being a tree that grows there. I remember hearing and loving the story of the palmetto a lot as a kid.
Thank you for the history! I love learning new things.
PSA
Arkansas is also known as the diamond state. It's got a diamond on the Arkansas flag. Diamonds can be found at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro Arkansas. You get to keep whatever diamonds you find!
Fun vacation stop.
No diamond, but I found a baked potato sized agate.😊
A "Arkansas toothpick" was an oversized knife made famous by Jim Bowie.
Yeah that's pretty cool actually.
@@AngelaVEdwards
Don't go in hot, hot summer. 😵💫
And don't wear your good clothes & shoes! Lots of black mud & dirt to dig in.😅
Didn’t anyone notice the narrator’s mispronunciation of Arkansas? I guess I noticed it because it came so early and it damaged his image as an expert. My geography teacher taught me it was the “Diamond State”.
Wisconsin is also called "America's Dairyland." It's on all of our license plates. I feel it's easier to understand and more recognizable for those who don't live here than "the badger state."
I KNEW badger state didn't sound familiar.
Yeah. One name that some people use is "the cheese state."
@@kellylundy5115you don’t follow any collegiate sports. Bucky Badger is the mascot of the flagship campus of the Wisconsin University system, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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I don't follow any sports, but I have heard of the Badgers team. Just hadn't heard Wisconsin called the badger state.
@@kellylundy5115I do respect that. Unfortunately, recent history covers up the origins of Wisconsin. We are now known as “America’s Dairyland because of all of the cheese we produce. We also are a leader in the amount of heavy machinery, paper products, cranberries and many other things that fall in the shadows of the stereotypical Wisconsin products.
As a Michigander, I was surprised they didn’t say “The Great Lakes State” as another nickname.
All those companies in Delware don't actually have offices there. They just register their address at a building that's basically just a bunch of mailboxes. This way they cheap out by not paying corporate taxes.
One must remember that the United States was formed by smugglers and tax cheats. Americans will always play by the rules, but only to the extent that they can profit to their advantage. That may be why we are seen in the way we are in the rest of the world. God bless the United States of America! Solving the world’s problems since 1776, (1787, the year our Constitution was officially ratified.)
Well, there are quite a lot of businesses with offices in Wilmington DE
Most Native Americans in the East and South either assimilated into European populations or were pushed or forced West. Although some tribal groups remain.
Many more were actually killed by disease and outright murder by Europeans while many others were forced into slavery by Europeans and also shipped to the Islands as slaves.
Im a North Carolina boy. The legend about our state nickname goes back to tbe civil war. General Longstreet informed General Lee that the North Carolina regiment did not retreat saying
"Those boys from North Carolina are staying put, like the have tar on their heels"
General Lee replied "God bless them Tar Heel boys"
Another good saying "American by birth, but a Tar Heel by the grace of God"
I've also heard we are called the Tar heel state due to having the 1st roads paved with tar.
Then there are the offshore tar seeps that put lumps of tar on the beaches if the Outer Banks.
And then there’s “Tarheel born & Tarheel bred and when I die I’ll be Tarheel dead”.💀 🙋🏻♀️from WNC, beneath the Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains. 😊 ✌🏻
Yeah this whole video is just misinformation
That’s a cool piece of information. Thanks for sharing that!👍🏼
In NC, legend says that during the Civil War, the soldiers from North Carolina stood their ground like they had "tar stuck to their heels"....hence the Tar Heel State ❤
Watching from Utah here. a very large chunk of our population is LDS (Mormon), but since a lot of other people move in from other states and stuff, the percent of the population that are members is slowly decreasing, we're at about 66% of the population being LDS by now. Also, I feel like the guy in the video didn't do our nickname it's justice, the way we are taught about it is that bees are very industrious, and the Utah population used to be very industrial and everyone contributed to their communities, it's not exactly the same now, but (I think) most of us are pretty proud of our nickname. Love your videos btw.
Hello from Ogden!
😊 Hello from Sandy!!
Riverton
Salt lake city
He didn't do Missouri's nickname any justice either.
Not only did he not come up with the name but was demeaning.
That statement came from President Harry Truman although a senator at the time. He is the one that said show me someone who gets rich as a politician and I'll show you a crook.
The state of Alabama is called the Yellow-Hammer state after the state bird. The name came from a cavalry unit out of Huntsville but the state is called this in reference to the state bird.
I thought it was a bird. I've read the name somewhere.
Yes, but I was told that the reason the bird is iconic and a symbol of the state is because of the units during the Civil War that wore a Yellowhammer feather in their caps.
I’ve never heard AL called that, and I’m close to the Alabama border
Hello from the Sunshine State, which ironically, also has the most lightning strikes in the US. I thought of you today when I got behind a big yellow school bus! 😊
As a born and raised Floridian, I have always thought the Sunshine State thing was sarcasm. It rains too often and too hard for that to have been a completely serious choice.
@@nebulablue2096 ya, but those storms only last 30 or 45 minutes and then the sun comes back out.
Minnesota is also commonly known as the land of ten thousand lakes. We use that more than the north star state, some are still salty because the north star hockey team moved to Texas. We are also known as the nice state.
Arkansas isn't pronounced Ar-kansas, it's pronounced AR-can-saw.
Texas, the Lone Star State, yes, the flag has a Lone Star, but the reason for the "Lone Star on the flag is because Texas was its own country at that time. Texas got to keep its National Flag when it became 48th State in the Union.
Oklahoma is the Sooner State in reference to the Oklahoma land rush in 1889 and 1893. There were some people who snuck in and claimed the prime 160 acre tracts before the official start of the land run contest. You can see that at the end of the movie "Far and Away
My grandmother was born on Oklahoma before it was a state.
Texas wasn't the 48'th State, it was around the 30'th. Oklahoma was part of the Republic of Texas. Texas is the only State, after the initial thirteen, that never went through a "territory" phase. To this day, Mexico has never officially recognized the independence of the Republic of Texas.
48th state? WTF are you talking about? Texas was the 28th state admitted into the Union on December 19, 1845. 48th was Arizona. With Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, and New Mexico between the two.
You need to go back to 1st grade.
@@cp368productions2
Did you ever stop to think it could have been a typo. Instead of the 2, he hit the 4 by mistake?
Maybe YOU need to back to the first grade and take a time out. Or maybe you need a nap.
I cringed every time I heard that pronunciation.
If you were from Kansas, you would know that it is ar-Kansas. Being from Texas, I was surprised at this when I moved there, but have now adopted it as my own standard way to pronounce anything that is spelled Arkansaw.
The other reason nebraska used to be called tree planter state was because the solution for the dust bowl was planting a bunch of wind breaks (lines of trees to blunt the winds sweeping across the open plains)
Facts. Driving through it you'll see mostly soybean fields these days, broken up by lines of trees along creeks and property lines.
@@RoBo11235 I saw one rancher removed a bunch of the trees, and the next fall the ditch near where the wind break was, just filled with dust. I was like "well what did they expect would happen."
And idk about mostly soy, they rotate crops (also side effect of conquering dust bowl) couple years one field will be corn next couple years same field will be soy, and alternate back n forth.
@@Some_who_call_me_Tiim crop rotation is definitely a thing, and only a foolish farmer would avoid it, but currently there’s more land devoted to soybean cultivation in Nebraska than corn- Kansas actually produces more corn than Nebraska, the Cornhusker state
You can see Russia from some places in Alaska
Remember when they made fun of Sarah Palin for that? She was right though; Alaskans had to know how to diplomatically deal with Russia. It was very important.
A few years ago, some family had a rare get together. Part of the family lives on the Russian side and the others live in Alaska. I guess they live at the good graces of the governments and the water levels.
People were asked, "Who said, 'I can see Russia from my house!'?" And they all answered, "Sarah Palin," when in fact it was Tina Fey on SNL.
Texas was also it's own republic before rejoining the union. The "lone star" symbolizes this.
Rejoining? They seperated from Mexico not The United States
@@reddysetty I meant rejoining after the Civil War. My mistake. They broke from the union and came back. Republic, joined, left, rejoined.
He was actually very off on Tennessee's. The call for soldiers was like 2800 per states. Tennessee actually sent 30,000 volunteers, so that's why we're the Volunteer State
Hello from Minnesota, also known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Montana's nickname is The Treasure State. Specifically what he explained. Back in the 1930's through 40's, someone called it "Big Sky Country" and that nickname has stuck as the unofficial nickname. The sky in Montana goes on forever and ever. It's appropriate. I don't see the official nickname changing though.
The area is rich in mining resources. Which is a whole other story. Idaho was supposed to be rectangular going up to the Canadian border. The gold barons in Montana paid off congress people to change the borders and Montana was supposed to be on the lines of the Dakatas, square. Congress gave Montana a big bite out of what was slated to be Idaho. We got most of the gold and silver mines in that bribe.
Montana and most western states allowed women to vote long before the 19th Amendment. Montana was the first state to send a woman to Congress. She promptly voted against entry into WWI. Then she was voted out. She was voted back in and promptly voted against entry into WWII. 😁
I was born and raised in Montana. In the mid 1970s I took a 4-H citizenship trip to DC. I loved seeing Ms. Rankin's statue representing Montana in the Capitol rotunda.
@@greeneyedlady5580 Yeah, I have to give her credit for walking into the male institution. I appreciate what she accomplished. I just thought it was amazing she voted against the two world wars. I think there is a statue of her here in Helena at the state capital.
I've lived in Oregon my whole life. Beavers were trapped for furs used on men's top hats in the early 1800s. Trapping beavers was first prohibited in 1899 because there were not many beavers left after the fur trade in the 1800s. - This was an interesting video. A lot of this I didn't know. Thanks !
Toothpick knives were actually used as toothpicks back in the day because they couldn’t find real ones and the closest sharp instrument they used it to pick their teeth. Toothpicks now refer to a single edged knife that is military in design without a ridged back. It’s a simple utility knife used for outdoor jobs. Bowie knives which are a close cousin of a toothpick are similar in design but are slightly curved towards the tip and is sharp on one side to create a diamond point. It was carried by Jame Bowie who used it during the battle of the Alamo becoming famous for his skillful use of the knife. It’s a utility knife that cuts a lot of things and is quite lightweight. It’s ideal for many situations hence why it’s still around.
They were called ‘Arkansas toothpicks’, according to Louis L’Amour, a very famous western writer.
@@leecarlson9713 My father was an old rancher in Montana. Louie and Zane Grey were his favorite authors. He'd work from sunup to sundown year around, except for Sundays, then after dinner he'd read. During the Great Depression he had to drop out of school after 6th grade, in order to grow enough food to keep his 5 younger siblings fed. Despite his lack of education, he became a self-taught carpenter, expert welder, farmer, and successful cattle rancher, among other things. Some of the antique wagons (from horse and wagon days) that he restored in his retirement are in museums now.
I'm from the mountains of North Carolina and it's called the tar hill state because most people went barefoot.And if they walked under the pines that would sweat the tar out of the trees and drop them on the ground it would be stuck to their feet as they're learned that in school and by the way i'm seventy three years old
California reference of the Golden State has more to do with when the first Spaniards saw the rolling hills covered in gold colored poppies and light golden grasses, they called it Golden.
Arkansas here. He mispronounced Arkansas. The last letter is silent, per French pronunciations
Yeah, the OP is famous (or infamous) for mispronouncing place names, which is a shame because otherwise his videos are excellent. I just don't get why he doesn't make an effort to make sure he's saying the place names correctly.
@@Gaeilgeoir He sounds American...how can h mispronounce Arkansas?
@@blanketstarry7725He's Portugese
@@eshaanagarwal6081 the narrator of the original vid? Interesting...I can't really detect that.
@@blanketstarry7725 he sounds nothing like an American! Almost every video he does he either leaves vital things out, mispronounces half the words, and doesn’t do enough research to figure out the “whys”. 🙄
You mentioned that you thought that not many Native Americans were from the South. If you haven't already you should look into the Native history of The Trail of Tears, which started here in Georgia.
I’m from Tennessee and I support this comment.
Fun Fact: I recently learned from The Fat Electrician in his latest video that Portugal is roughly the size of Indiana 😊
The term Hoosier for Indiana came from an old greeting. When someone would knock on the door, instead of asking “who’s there?” Indianans would ask “who’s here.” Hoosier was an evolution of the phrase.
It sounds more like “who’s your” now rather than “who's here.”
North Carolina being called “The Tarheel State” refers to a battle at the start of the Civil War where troops from North Carolina refused to give ground or retreat and someone remarked that the troops must have had sticky tar on their boot heels to stick them in place.
Delaware has lots of companies because their laws are very company favorable. The companies incorporate there to take advantage of that.
Arizona is also referred to the copper state due to the large amount of copper deposits.
Native Americans were everywhere, literally from the arctic circle in Canada and Alaska all the way down through South America. The biggest city in the pre-Columbian Americas was in actually in Mexico. The reason there seems to be more Native history in the north west is because that's where many Natives were forced to move to during Manifest Destiny. Which is an extremely complex and dark topic and it deserves way more than I can properly put into a RUclips comment, but I'd highly recommend looking into it further.
Speaking to what he said about Florida being the “Sunshine State” but not having the most sunshine: Florida might not have sunshine all day, but many Florida cities have held records for consecutive days of sunshine because while afternoon showers are common, there is usually a sunny morning or early evening. St. Petersburg holds the world record at 768 consecutive days of sunshine, and averages 361 days per year. This means you will have unobstructed sun at some point almost every day.
Hi. I am from Pennsylvania .The keystone state. Beauty beholds Pa. Many states are so very beautiful. Pa. is stunning if you love peace and forests. Your friend from Pa. Pebs.
Btw All Americans do not live in luxury homes. We live humbly, You're friend from Pa. U.S.A.
Area 51 is in Nevada. The spaceship in New Mexico is from the 1947 Roswell Incident UFO crash site
Yes, Area 51 is in Nevada, but there actually isn't any spaceship in Roswell, and there never was. And yes, I have been to Roswell and visited their museum 🙄
@@greeneyedlady5580 The spaceship on the map in New Mexico. I know there is no actual spaceship. When a flying object crashes to earth all that is left are the passports of the hijackers
Good job on your RUclips growth!! Keep it up
Hello! I’m watching from Utah, the Beehive State. Utah’s name is an Indian word that means “tops of the mountains”. It came from the Shoshone Indian Tribe called the Utes that were indigenous there.
I was born and raised in South Eastern Idaho, the Gem State. The area that I am from is near the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes’ Indian Reservation called Fort Hall. Fort Hall was a trading post and an important stop along the Oregon Trail for emigrants to purchase supplies before continuing on to states west of there.
An interesting topic you should see if you can find a video on is all of the different Native American Tribes that were in the United States. There are hundreds of them! I really enjoy your videos. I am a new subscriber and your videos are a fantastic reminder of how special it is to live in the United States. Thank you! 🇺🇸
I appreciate that the presenter in the State Nicknames video said that Wyoming was the first to "grant" women the right to vote. A lot of times this fact is presented in a way that makes it sound like Wyoming was the first state where a woman cast a vote in the U.S (on the state level), but that was actually Utah. The territory of Wyoming granted women's suffrage in 1869 and they the women there first participated in a vote some time in 1870. However, in February of 1870 (before the Wyoming election took place) the Utah Territory granted suffrage to women just two days before an election. So the Utah women voted first, but Utah wasn't the first to grant suffrage.
As a Native Montanan. I need to throw out here that Montana also recognized women's right to vote before it was recognized federally, and Montana was the first state to elect a woman to Congress, in 2017. (Jeanette Rankin) As a Montana girl on a trip to DC 50 years ago, I was really excited to find her statue representing Montana in the Capitol rotunda.
I’m from Arkansas the Natural State. It often gets overlooked. There is some beautiful scenery here. Lots of camping, fishing, water sports, hiking, horse races in Hot Springs,( yes the town has hot springs and spas there) The town of Eureka Springs itself is a historical landmark, because of the way the streets are laid out. There is also the Crescent Hotel i( in Eureka Springs) which is one of the most haunted hotels in the country.. there’s tons to do and see, especially if you’re into the outdoors. Oh yes!! We have an active diamond mine here and you can go there and look for them and KEEP what you find. They’ve had some pretty large and good quality stones come out of there as well. There’s a video on RUclips about it… it’s called the Crater of Diamonds State Park and it’s the only active PUBLIC diamond mine in the world!
I'm from Maine (the Pine Tree State). We have a lot of trees - pine trees and many other types. If I recall correctly we are over 90% forested. Sometimes we are also referred to as Vacationland. Vacationland appears on the bottom of our license plate. But the pine tree also appears on the new design that was just unveiled. The coast of Maine brings in many summer tourists and summer residents. Which is why I go to our mountains in the summer and the coast mostly in the off seasons. Many tourists and summer residents don't even realize we have mountains and we generally prefer it that way. Typically, people from Maine are referred to Mainers but we have been known to refer to ourselves as Mainiacs. Interesting facts - Maine is the only state to border only one other state (New Hampshire). The rest of state is either coastline or is bordered by Canada. Also Maine used to be part of Massachusetts. The District of Maine separated from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1819 and became its own state.
I spent one vacation on the lake at Jackman and another trip canoeing on the Allagash River system and Eagle, Chamberlain and Grand Matagamon Lakes. I also hiked up Katahdin on that trip. Trust me, people know about the north woods area of Maine. Not everyone just goes to the Downeast region. BTW/my family goes back in Maine to the 1600s. In the 1800s, they were in North Yarmouth and all the men and boys had their seamen's cards and worked on ships. There are a lot of people around the country that know and have ties to the state.
Watching from Tennessee, The Volunteer State
Delaware's main industry used to be from the Dow Chemical Co. Not to sure if that is still the case. The "businesses" you mentioned only incorporate there due to Delaware's favorable corporate laws. They don't really do business there as in factories etc. It might be just a storefront office with a P.O. Box to enable them to take advantage of those laws. Any other employment would be from tourism for some of the beaches/boardwalks in the south, the Air Force base, hospitals, and the service industry jobs to support the population. To give you perspective the state is only 96 miles (154 km) long and 35 miles (56 km) wide at it's widest point. The narrowest point is 9 miles or 14 km wide. Delaware's location however makes it very easy to visit other cities/states.
Being from the Volunteer State, Tennessee, we had people volunteer to go to many different areas to help with battles and wars. Tennessee had people go to Texas to help with Texas independence, etc
Watching from Georgia, and the girls in GA were referred to as a Georgia peach.
Thank you!.
I was looking for this.
I'm from Georgia, I love it here!
Georgia peaches (the actual fruit) aren't that great. Peaches from South Carolina are as big as softballs, and are the best I've ever had.
A "Georgia Peach" is definitely talking about a woman from Georgia. It's a compliment, they're saying she's sweet, wholesome, and made with sunshine.
It's practically an inside joke.. it's the whole reason they specify a GEORGIA peach..
They are NOT talking about the fruit.
The number one crop in Georgia is Pecans.
As someone else mentioned, the explanation for Tennessee isn't even close. And the state has been known for volunteers in every conflict not just one.
I never even thought about these coming from the Keystone state
I’m from North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. It’s a little distressing to hear someone who is not from the USA narrate this video.
Yes, the narrator doesn't pronounce State names correctly. Also, refers to alligators as crocodiles.
9:25 To answer your assumption about Native Americans, not exactly, the reason why you don't hear about Native Americans in the South is because of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, it forced tens of thousands of Natives to leave there homes and go west, many times with the US military making sure they leave. Thousands died and its a real black mark in American History. Native tribes in the west were given larger reservations since it has more land that could be called useless.
Delaware has no sales tax, but sometimes the prices of things are higher to make up for it. Every medical insurance company has a headquarters there because its the cheapest LLC ( limited liability corporation) fees in the country. It could be a one room office but they have to have property there.
Oh I'm watching from the keystone state. I work in the first state.
Proudly born and raised in Wisconsin. Lead miners “Badgers” were only a part of what built this state. Our flag shows two people, a miner and a sailor. The sailor represents the state’s contribution to the advancement of Great Lakes maritime shipping. Manitowoc Marine even built 28 fleet submarines for the US Navy during World War Two, after having been declined to build destroyers. The US Navy instead asked them to build the most complex vessels in the American fleet, even though they had never even seen a submarine. Four of our Manitowoc boats are on Eternal Patrol: USS Kete (SS 369), USS Robalo (SS273), USS Golet (SS361) and USS Lagarto (SS371), overdue and presumed lost. RIP to all of the gallant men of the Secret Service.
I can say as a native Floridian, I giggled when they landed on calling it "The Sunshine State since it gets 54 inches (137cm) during 100-130 days of rain (yearly). Almost every summer afternoon, there's a thunderstorm. They're usually fairly harmless, but don't be golfing near a thunderstorm. Over in 10 minutes.
Watching from Ohio, the Buckeye State!
Also, I know some random stuff about the Toledo War.
Born and raised in Mississippi. The magnolia tree has beautiful large flowers. Simple name for simple country folk.
Sunshine State here. In addition to what some other people have mentioned, Florida is far from the hottest state during the summer, but it is the warmest state in fall, winter, and spring, discounting Hawaii. It can be 27°C in south Florida when the rest of the country is at or below freezing.
Hi! I'm watching from Texas: The Lone Star State! We also have a saying here you might have heard "Everythings bigger in Texas!" Hope you are having a good day y'all!
New Hampshire, the Granite State. The 9th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution thus making the U.S. it's own country.
Delaware is also called the Mailbox state because so many businesses are "established" there with just a mailbox.
new jersey is the garden state less because of the farm land and more because of individual peoples gardens. they are much more common here than most or all other states because we have incredibly rich soil. yes its not a ton of farmland anymore but we still produce a lot of crops and are the top 3 for a good few. but more importantly tons of people have gardens here, and lawn care is a huge thing. i saw a stat once that new jersey has more leaves per household than any other state. any time i travel outside the state i wonder where all the trees and plants are. its very much not an outdated term as the video implies, people just like to hate on new jersey.
At the beginning of the video you were wondering why Illinois was the "Sucker" state. The term was coined in the Galena mining area (northwestern Illinois.) They would refer to the seasonal workers as "suckers" because they traveled up the Mississippi river from the St. Louis area and southern Illinois every spring and return home in the fall. This resembled the migration of sucker fish, a Mississippi River bottom feeder, that swim upstream every spring to spawn.
Illinois was named The Prairie State because at one time it had 21 million acres of prairie, unfortunately now only 0.01% remain.
Illinois has an official State Slogan: "Land of Lincoln." Because Abraham Lincoln lived here and is buried here.
I was born in the aloha state, spent my earliest years in a territory, not a state, lived most my life in the evergreen state and now make my home in the gem state. If you ever decide you want a potato, stop and say hi
Except for about 18 months when I was a kid, I was born in and lived my entire life in Washington State.
There's an alien space ship on New Mexico because that's where the 'Roswell incident' took place (supposedly a UFO crashed just outside of the town of Roswell NM in 1947). And yes, Utah is very Mormon, I grew up there and have lived there several times, along with living in NM, AZ, NV, CA, and OR. Currently I'm in AZ, for the third time. And the beehive is meant to symbolize industriousness of bees, always busy, being productive and the self-reliance of the hive.
Hello from Oregon! We became a US state "February 14, 1859". And, I have a suggestion for your page. I love it when you give us the Portuguese word for something in your video. It would be great if you gave us a new word to learn every time you post your video's! We could learn Portuguese a little at a time.
There were Native American tribes across entire U.S. in both north & south. Search for maps of where original tribes were located.
Area 51 is in Nevada. Roswell, New Mexico, is well known place where a UFO supposedly crashed in 1947.
Pennsylvania is keystone state because it was "key" in much of beginnings of United States.
* In 1734 George Washington built his home Mount Vernon, Pennsylvania, & his house is a historic site.
* In 1774 Continental Congress (later became U.S. Congress) first met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, & colonists drafted their grievances against Britain's King George.
* In 1775 2nd Continental Congress in Philadelphia formed an Army led by George Washington.
* In 1775 Johann Behrent built first piano in America in Philadelphia.
* In 1776 Declaration of Independence was written & signed in Philadelphia.
* In 1776 George Washington asked flag maker Betsy Ross (who lived in Philadelphia) to sew a new flag for the United States. She made a flag with 13 stars arranged in a circle & 13 stripes to represent original 13 colonies. Current U.S. flag still has 13 stripes but now has 50 stars to represent 50 U.S. states.
* In 1777 Articles of Confederation was written in Philadelphia to unify 13 colonies into a new nation under a governing set of principles.
* 1st U.S. capitol was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for about 7 years, also Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for 1 day & later York, Pennsylvania, for about 9 months.
* In 1784, U.S. first daily newspaper "Pennsylvania Packet & Daily Advertiser." (Newspaper’s publisher John Dunlap also printed copies of Declaration of Independence in 1776.)
* In 1787 U.S. Constitution was written in Philadelphia.
* In 1874 Philadelphia Zoo was first public zoo in United States.
* In 1863 famous Civil War battle was fought at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which had most casualties (7,000 died & 33,000 wounded) & was turning point in war. There is a big historic battlefield & museum where they do frequent reenactments. It is where Lincoln gave his well-known Gettysburg Address.
* In 1885 Dr. George Holtzapple first used oxygen to save his patient’s life.
* In 1894 Milton S. Hershey began making Hershey's chocolate in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
* In 1946 first computer existed in Philadelphia.
* Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, is home to world famous weather-forecasting groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil.
North Carolina is not called Tar Heel because we produce tar lol it was a nickname given to NC troops because they didn't retreat
Hello from the Silver State. And yes, Mormons still dominate Utah. There are a lot of Mormons in surrounding states too, like the eastern edge of Nevada, southern Idaho, and throughout Arizona.
I am from Montana, known as the treasure state, or big sky state.Montana produces palladium & platinum. Leads in talc production & is a major producer of copper/molybdenum, garnets, silver. It produces bentonite, common clays, construction sand/gravel, crushed/dimension stone, gold, lime, gemstones including sapphires.
14:33 this is because of the supposed UFO crash landing in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. I’m from New Mexico, and Roswell actually has a UFO museum as well as a bunch of other UFO-themed things around town.
Yes, despite jokes about a former VP candidate, Alaska does share a physical border with Russia, out there on an island, about halfway across. You can take one step, and go from Russia to the US, on that island.
Wisconsin had the audacity to call itself "The Mitten State" Give me a break.
💙From Detroit
From Grand Rapids.
Give us the U.P. then you guys can be the true mitten state.
Michigan is called the Rabbit Mitten or Mitten Rabbit. Depending on where you live.
Michigan and Wisconsin, a pair of mittens ;D 😁
The fact that Wisconsin hasn't annexed the UP tells me all I need to know about those cowards.
Arkansas also has many diamond deposits, we have several diamond mines. We even have places you can go to search for diamonds.
Kentucky the bluegrass state, it is also a very beautiful state😊
The bluegrass also refers to the music doesn’t it?
@@AngelaVEdwards yes it does🤗
Old Dominion here! great video!
Also from Virginia but I've never heard it called that I've only heard the purple heart state
@@nightmareactivated8990 The Purple Heart Trail is in 45 different states, not just Virginia. Interstate 64 is part of the Purple Heart Trail.
Old Dominion for sure! Dominion Energy is a major provider of electricity in Virginia, and there are dozens of Virginia companies that use Dominion in their name. Virginia = Old Dominion!
@@nightmareactivated8990you're not from Virginia then. It's quite literally in all of our state history books.
Indiana University first claimed the term Hoosiers during the 1923 football season. It is the school's mascot. I don't know what a hoosier is, but my favorite sports movie is "Hoosiers", based on a high school basketball team from a very small town in Indiana that went on to compete for the state championship. I highly recommend it!
Watching from Minnesota, the land of 10K lakes.
Im actually 20 minutes from the Twin Cities - one of the most iconic metro areas in the world.
watching from Dover, Delaware! there’s not a lot here, honestly. mostly suburbs and farm. i love it though. it’s “small town” without being so small where everyone knows each others business.
there’s one urban center, in Wilmington. the rest is suburbs and the further south you go it becomes more farmland. the seafood is great, especially the crabs.
In Idaho, we do have many different gems found here. Our state gem is the Star Garnet, which is, so far, only found here in Idaho and in India. We like to say our beautiful forests and wildlands are another reason we are referred to as the gem state, but that's not official. We're also called the potato state, we grow over 30 different types of potatoes as our mild climate & rich, volcanic soils are great for that crop, amongst others!
Evergreen state here! Washington has 2 mountain ranges and I live right between them. I've seen a lot of the country, but nowhere else is quite like here ❤️
You’re 100% right. I have lived here my entire life and I firmly believe it is the most beautiful state.
I live at a high point in Seattle where both ranges, Olympics to the west and Cascades to the east, are easily visible, and so is Mt. Rainier to the south. How lucky I feel.
@@dinazina55 I am in Olympia and on every sunny day whether I get on the freeway or just drive surface roads, I can see Mt. Rainier rising majestically over the area. It's beautiful and I love it.
André You might like to also learn about each states state bird and state flower!!!
NEVADA. Officially the Silver State. But a better one the Nevadans use is the Battle Born State because it got statehood during 1864 and it remains the only state which got its statehood during a war.
I believe West Virginia's statehood was recognized on June 20, 1863, also during the Civil War
I'm watching from Northeastern Minnesota in St. Louis County the Mesabi Iron Range, we have over 11'000 lakes in Minnesota and my town is surrounded by 3 pits (mining pits filled with fresh water, so like a fishless lake) and a pond but since the ground is so rich in iron walking out in the woods can stain your shoes and clothes red just trying to get to the cliffs and views so most people around here have 4 wheelers/ATV's and drive around town made ATV trails all throughout the Range
Talks about the importance of Pennsylvania in American history.. but shows a painting of the revolutionary war from a pivotal battle fought in NJ (Battle of Trenton).. hence why NJ’s other nickname is “Crossroads of the Revolution”.
Tenneessee has the best back story! We tied to thr Alamo to get the volunteer state
Hi there...The Lone Star State here...Texas all the way!!! born and raised! 🤠
Crocodiles only occur at the most southern end of Florida - around the Keys. Alligators abound in Florida lakes, golf courses and back yards - also in a number of the lakes of Texas (where I live) and the Rio Grande River, which separates Texas and Mexico.
"Toothpick" came from the Bowie knife or similarly large knives being referred to as "Arkansas Toothpicks"
Sorry, but Michigan is mostly known as the Great Lakes State because it consists of two peninsulas, both halves bordered on three sides by four of the five Great Lakes. Also, in Michigan you are always within two miles of some sort of water (pond, creek, river or lake). Wherever you are in the state, you are within six miles of a fresh water lake.
It used to be known as The Winter Wonderland. That was before Pure Michigan came into existence. But yes, Michigan is more commonly known as the Great Lakes State.
There were indigenous peoples all over North and South America before the European invasion. The map of the USA is full of place names attesting to this fact. On the east coast alone there are names from Tallahassee, Florida to Mt. Katahdin, Maine
Hi I spent my first 53 years in California, the Golden state. I’ve had discussions about why we were golden, because there are many extensive golden views of poppies, and also grasslands. I thought it might be our sunny golden glow, but maybe it’s just about the gold ore.
Im in tennessee we have a long history from state of Franklin to a native word Tennessee and best back story of any state
Hey, I've been to Utah and yes, it's still majority Mormon. Salt Lake City, the capital and vicinity, was about 80% Mormon 10 years ago when I was there.
It’s about 60% now.
Thanks for making Wyoming’s nickname your favorite. 😁 Despite what I said in my other comment, I’ve always loved that part of our history. Maybe you should visit the state sometime, and see the sights. I’d love to see videos of such a trip.
Rhode Island (the Ocean State) is just 37 miles wide and 48 miles long but it has 400 miles of shoreline.
I'm in beautiful Saint Marys, GA. We are all the way in the southeast corner of the state. My house is 1.2 miles from the FL/GA border and 8 miles in from the Atlantic.
Honestly Indiana being nicknamed the Hoosier state and people don't know why is so real. I get mistaken for living in India anytime I tell someone I'm from Indiana-.
Mr. Russian Portuguese man,
I am joining you from Old Dominion, where I have lived for the past 12 years.
Before that, I lived in the Sunshine state.
Before that, I lived in the Grand Canyon state.
Before that, I lived in the Buckeye state.
Before that, I lived in a few places.
Before that, I was born in the Pelican state.
Love it! Alot of us have lived in many states. Judging from your list, you and I probably crossed paths at some point! 😂😂😂
Hoosier is also an insulting term, basically meaning a trashy person, in St. Louis. Indiana's nickname amuses people here as a result.
Hi! Great reaction. As an American, I didn't know most of these honestly!
Watching from Ohio, originally from Virginia.