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Iowa: The Hawkeye State Iowa is known as "The Hawkeye State," a nickname inspired by the character Hawkeye from James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans."
The "Hawkeye State" was first recorded as a nickname for Iowa in 1859. Caitlin Clark famously played basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team. Steph Chambers/Staff/Getty Images
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
The University of Iowa Football team’s first mascot was a live black bear cub named Burch. Burch was the team’s mascot from 1908-1910. [2] The bear was acquired by Iowa football coach Mark Catlin in 1908 and brought to Iowa City via express. [2] Burch lived at Iowa Field in a cage and went with the team to away games. [3]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Iowa. Iowa is located in the Midwestern United States , and often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. [ 1 ]
More than 17,000 people with Native American ancestry live in Iowa today, according to the State Library of Iowa. ... As previously mentioned, the Hawkeye State was named after the Ioway tribe, ...
The Hawkeyes opened the 1972 CWS against #1-ranked Arizona State, who entered the game with an incredible record of 60 wins and only 4 losses. But Iowa, a huge underdog, outhit the Sun Devils 8–3 only to lose, 2–1. Iowa had the tying run thrown out at the plate in the 9th inning, and left another runner at third as the final out was made.
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