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The Mount Rushmore State [102] (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Coyote State) [101] Sunshine State [101] (no longer used; see Florida) Tennessee: Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River) [103] Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War) [103]
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, encompassing a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) savanna in Alachua County, Florida lying between Micanopy and Gainesville. It is also a U.S. National Natural Landmark. It is crossed by both I-75 and U.S. 441 (which has a scenic outlook ramp). It is in the center of the Paynes Prairie Basin.
Illinois: Prairie State. Illinois might be home to the hustle and bustle of the third most populous city in the U.S., Chicago, but the northern two-thirds of the state was built on grassland ...
Contains a 73-foot (22.3 m) waterfall, tallest in Florida Fanning Springs State Park: Gilchrist: 1,427 acres (578 ha) 1997: Fanning Springs Suwannee River: A first magnitude spring purchased by the state in 1993 Faver-Dykes State Park: St. Johns: 6,045 acres (2,448 ha) 1950: Pellicer Creek: A wilderness area Florida Caverns State Park: Jackson ...
Illinois: The Prairie State These days, mental images of Illinois might be laden with Chicago skyscrapers, but when the first settlers arrived to the state, they were met with vast prairies, hence ...
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City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park; ... Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park; Plaza of the Americas (Gainesville, Florida) Poe Springs; R.