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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 Encyclopedia of Arkansas reported that the Arkansas Parks System started advocating for more tourism in the 1980s, using the nickname the "Natural State.". The nickname became official in 1995 ...
Tourism is also very important to the Arkansas economy; the official state nickname "The Natural State" was created for state tourism advertising in the 1970s, and is still used to this day. The state maintains 52 state parks and the National Park Service maintains seven properties in Arkansas.
Arkansas: The Natural State Lots of people think of Arkansas as a Southern cesspool, but to be honest, in many ways, they're dead wrong. The state is full of natural beauty, including mountains ...
An enlargeable map of the state of Arkansas. Names Common name: Arkansas. Pronunciation: / ˈ ɑːr k ən s ɔː / ⓘ AR-kən-saw [1] Official name: State of Arkansas; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: AR; ISO 3166-2 code: US-AR; Internet second-level domain: .ar.us; Nicknames Bear State (pronounced "Bar State") [2] Bowie State [2 ...
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The team's nickname plays off the state's nickname as the "Natural State," as well as the Robert Redford film, The Natural. The Rich Family owes much of its baseball success to the film. In 1983, Bob Rich Jr. bought the Double-A Buffalo Bisons, who had suffered low attendance the previous season, for $100,000.
Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian