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The '''Hawkeye State''' is a popular nickname for the state of [[Iowa]] and is said to have come from the scout, [[Natty Bumppo|Hawkeye]], in [[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'', published in 1826. According to the Iowa State web site, "Two Iowa promoters from [[Burlington, Iowa|Burlington]] are believed to have popularized the name." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traveliowa.com/statesymbols.aspx|title=IOWA state symbols|accessdate=2009-02-07|publisher=Official Tourism Web site of the State of Iowa|author=|date=}}</ref> The nickname was given approval by "territorial officials" in 1838, twelve years after the book was published and eight years before Iowa became a state. |
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The two men responsible for the promotion of this nickname are thought to be Judge [[David Rorer]] of Burlington and the newspaper publisher, [[James G. Edwards]] of [[Fort Madison, Iowa|Fort Madison]] and, later, Burlington. Burlington had been established in 1833 after the [[Black Hawk War]] of 1832. Mr. Edwards changed the name of his Burlington newspaper, ''The Iowa Patriot'', to ''The Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot'' in tribute to his friend [[Chief Black Hawk]]. Rorer is said to have suggested "The Hawkeye State" after finding the name in The ''Last of the Mohicans'' while Edwards proposed the nickname "Hawk-eyes" in 1838 to "...rescue from oblivian [sic] a momento [sic], at least of the name of the old chief," Black Hawk. The [[Iowa Hawkeyes|Hawkeye]] (named Herky) is also the mascot of the University of Iowa. |
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