- Hoosier - Wikipedia
A Hoosier cabinet, often shortened to "hoosier", is a type of free-standing kitchen cabinet popular in the early decades of the twentieth century Almost all of these cabinets were produced by companies located in Indiana and the name derives from the largest of them, the Hoosier Manufacturing Co of New Castle, Indiana
- What Is a Hoosier? - Indiana Historical Society
Perhaps one of the more eloquent conclusions was offered by Walter Havinghurst in The Heartland (1962) when he observed: “Whatever its origin, the name of Hoosier has had a lasting appeal for Indiana people and has acquired a quite enviable aura
- Why are Indiana residents called “Hoosiers”? | HISTORY
A little more than a decade after Indiana joined the Union on December 11, 1816, newspapers began to refer to the residents of the newly admitted state as “Hoosiers ” (Alternate spellings
- What’s a Hoosier? | Britannica
People from certain U S states go by unusual names—Connecticuter, Michigander, Utahn, to name a few—but Hoosiers from Indiana are the only ones whose name isn’t based on their state name at all Nobody really knows why it came into being, what the word originally meant, or where it came from
- The Word “Hoosier:” An Origin Story – The Indiana History Blog
Hoosier, now spelled ubiquitously “H-O-O-S-I-E-R,” as well as several other phonetical versions, can be traced back to the American South, where it was used as a derogatory term for uneducated, uncouth people
- What’s a Hoosier? - St. Louis Magazine
For some locals, “hoosier” is the epithet of choice for condemning anyone perceived as less cultured, intelligent, and urbane than oneself It’s like the classist slur version of toasted ravioli
- IHB: What is a Hoosier - IN. gov
For well over a century and a half the people of Indiana have been called Hoosiers It is one of the oldest of state nicknames and has had a wider acceptance than most True, there are Buckeyes of Ohio, the Suckers of Illinois and the Tarheels of North Carolina -- but none of these has had the popular usage accorded Hoosier
- Why Is Indiana Called the Hoosier State? (with picture)
Since Indiana officially adopted the Hoosier State motto in the early 1830s, much debate has surrounded the reasons and the origins of the term without a definite answer as to why they chose it
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