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Hoosier - Wikipedia Indiana adopted the nickname "The Hoosier State" more than 150 years ago [1] "Hoosier" is used in the names of numerous Indiana-based businesses and organizations "Hoosiers" is also the name of the Indiana University athletic teams
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
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? | 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
Why Is Indiana Called the Hoosier State? (with picture) Perhaps the most likely explanation that the Hoosier State calls itself by that name is due to John Finley’s poem “The Hoosier’s Nest ” In this poem, the word describes a group of independent, brave people