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(#2) Alaska
- US State
Alaska is known as The Last Frontier because of its vast, untouched (at one time) wilderness, as well as its distance from the rest of the continental United States.
As the 49th state admitted to the US, Alaska was also one of the last efforts of official expansion, lending more favor to the nickname.
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(#10) Georgia
- US State
Georgia has been well known for its peaches long before the area was even known as Georgia.
But the nickname became official after a post-Civil War boom in peach production as farmers looked away from harvesting cotton.
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(#42) Tennessee
- US State
The origins of Tennessee's nickname date back to the War of 1812. The state had been admitted to the Union about 15 years earlier, and its citizens were eager to protect their new nation by participating in the war efforts.
About 1,500 military volunteers flooded to the frontlines to do just that.
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(#36) Oklahoma
- US State
In 1889, the US government opened a large expanse of land in Oklahoma to settlers.
To put it simply, those who arrived before the land was officially opened for settlement were called "sooners" to indicate that they came "sooner" than they were supposed to.
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(#4) Arkansas
- US State
Like most states, Arkansas has been known by many nicknames throughout its history. Most unofficial or past nicknames were used to change the perception of the state as "backward," but none were able to quite accomplish that.
Instead of attempting to alter people's views, legislators decided to focus on the natural beauty of the state, citing "unsurpassed scenery, clear lakes, free-flowing streams, magnificent rivers, meandering bayous, delta bottomlands, forested mountains, and abundant fish and wildlife" when proposing The Natural State as the new state nickname.
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(#33) North Carolina
- US State
In the early days, North Carolina was a major distributor of tar used to seal boats from leaks and shipworms, which might be the origins of the state's nickname.
Others speculate the term refers to North Carolina's resilience in fighting without aid from other states during the Civil War, or a phrase used to mock members of the working class.
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Many people will certainly notice that the license plates of each state are different on the road, with text or patterns that highlight the characteristics of each state. For example, the license plate of New York State says Empire State, and the license plate of New Jersey says the garden state. These are the nicknames of each state, which can briefly represent the history and characteristics of this state.
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