State NIcknames & Abbreviations, Set 3
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MA
The Bay State
MI
The Great Lakes State
MN
The North Star State
MS
The Magnolia State
MO
The Show Me State
MT
The Treasure State
NE
The Cornhusker State
NV
The Silver State
NH
The Granite State
NJ
The Garden State
The Bay State --
because of the large number of bay in the state
The Great Lakes State
because of its nearness to 4 of the 5 Great Lakes
The North Star State
Because of the French motto that it is the "star of the north"
The Magnolia State --
because it is also the state flower and state tree
The Show Me State
because of a legend about a politician who said "Show Me!"
The Treasure State --
because of its rich mineral reserves
The Cornhusker State --
because of the amount of corn farming in the state
The Silver State
because of the abundance of silver in the state
The Granite State
because it is the official state rock
The Garden State --
Not exactly clear why, but it dates back to a work by Alfred M. Heston
Quincy Bay, Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay
Massachusetts
The Wolverine State
MIchigan
Goes back to the feud between this state and Ohio
Wolverine State
The Hospitality State.
Mississippi
Because of the minig in this state, many towns became ghost towns
Montana
The Sagebrush State
Nevada
“Mother of Rivers,” for the rivers of New England that originate there
New Hampshire