What is the origin of Wisconsin to be known as a Badger state?
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Most peole think it's because of the animal and that is untrue.  In the early years of the state the coal mines where the top employer.  the nicknames for the men and women who dug the holes to find the cole where called badgers.
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Colorado had Commanche, Pueblo, and Apache Indians.  Wisconsin had the Winnepago and the Sioux.  The Tlinkit Indians lived in Ketchikan, Alaska.
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The origin of the word hockey is officially unknown. It may derive from the Old French word hoquet, shepherd's crook, but it may also derive from the Middle Dutch word hokkie which is the diminutive of 'hok', meaning literally 'shack' or 'doghouse' but in popular use meant goal. The Irish game of hurling is a closely related game that is played on a field as opposed to ice, it is also close to hockey in name. Proponents of Windsor as the birthplace of hockey claim the game was named after an individual, as in 'Colonel Hockey's game'.[2] The surname Hockey still exists in the district surrounding Windsor.\nThe history of ice hockey is one of the most contested in all of sports. The city of Montreal had been traditionally credited with being the birthplace of hockey, but early paintings contest this claim; 16th-century Dutch paintings show a number of townsfolk playing a hockey-like game on a frozen canal.\nKingston, Ontario and Windsor, Nova Scotia also lay claim to its origins for similar reasons. And many think that hockey began in Virginia, the evidence of this was a post on a Williamsburg Newspaper in colonial time that recorded a snow storm and recorded hockey being played in Virginia. By 1893, Winnipeg hockey players incorporated cricket pads to better protect the goaltender's legs. They also introduced the "scoop" shot, later known as the wrist shot.
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Admission to Statehood: November 2, 1889 \nAncestry and Genealogy: South Dakota State Database \nArea: 77121 sq.mi, 17th   Land 75898 sq. mi., 16th   Water 1224 sq.mi., 30th \nArea Code: 605 \nBiographies: Famous South Dakotans \nBird: Ring-necked Pheasant   50states List \nBorder States: Regional List   Iowa   Minnesota   Montana   Nebraska   North Dakota   Wyoming \nCam World: Live Web Cams \nCity Guides: South Dakota City Guides \nClassified Ads: Shop50states Classifieds    \nClimate: South Dakota \nColleges, Universities: South Dakota Colleges \nCommunity and Technical Colleges: South Dakota Community Colleges \nCommunity Pages: 50states List \nConstitution: 40th State \nCounty Profile: County Map   67 Counties \nCourts: Judicial System \nCurrent Events: South Dakota News Headlines \nDepartment of: Education   Certification \nDriving: DMV \nEconomy: \nAgriculture: Cattle, hogs, wheat, soybeans, milk, corn. \nIndustry: Food processing, machinery, lumber and wood products, tourism.\nEditorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index \nFast Facts: 50states List \nFlag: \nThe South Dakota flag features the state seal surrounded by a golden blazing sun in a field of sky blue. Letters reading "South Dakota, The Mount Rushmore State" -- the official state nickname -- are arranged in a circle around the sun.\nGet this Flag\n\nFlower: Pasque Flower   Pulsatilla hirsutissima \nGenealogical Resources:  Cyndi's List   Historical Societies \n         \nGeographic Center: Hughes, 8 miles northeast of Pierre \nGovernor: Office of Governor \nHighest Point: Harney Peak; 7,242 feet,15th \nHighway Markers: South Dakota   Resource Manual \nHistory: Historical   \nInternet Service Providers: South Dakota \nLargest Cities: Sioux Falls   Rapid City   Aberdeen   Watertown   Brookings   Mitchell   Pierre   Yankton   Huron   Vermillion \nLibrary: South Dakota \nLicense Plates: South Dakota \nLowest Point: Big Stone lake; 962 feet, 46th \nMaps: Rand McNally   DMOZ   Blank Outline Map   50states List \nMedia: Radio   TV \nMotto: Under God the people rule \nMuseums: The Virtual Library \nNational Forest: South Dakota \nNewspapers: South Dakota \nNickname: Mount Rushmore State \nNursing Schools: South Dakota \nOrigin of state's name: South Dakota is the land of the famous Sioux or Dacotah Indians. Dakota Territory and later South Dakotans were named for the tribe. \nPen Pals: Penpalworld.com \nPermanent Residents: Find A Grave \nPopulation: Quick facts   754,844; 46th, 12/00 \nPublic Records: South Dakota \nReal Estate: South Dakota Real Estate \nRepresentatives: \nUS House:   109th Congress \nUS Senate:   109th Congress \nSouth Dakota House: Members \nSouth Dakota Senate: Members\nRoad Side America: South Dakota \nSoil: South Dakota - Houdek \nSong: Hail, South Dakota   50states List   Sheet Music \nwords and music by: Deecort Hammitt\nSports: South Dakota Teams \nState Quarters: South Dakota \nState Parks: South Dakota \nSymbols: Symbols & Facts \nTopography: Image Prairie plains in the east; rolling hills of the Great Plains in the west; Black Hills in the southwest corner. \nTravel: South Dakota Travel \nTree: White Spruce   Picea glauca   \nUnclaimed Funds: South Dakota \nVeteran Affairs: South Dakota VA   Military Links \nVital Records: South Dakota Vital Records \nWeather: Pierre, Pierre Regional Airport \nWhite Pages: South Dakota White Pages \nYellow Pages: South Dakota Yellow Pages \nZip Codes: South Dakota Zip Codes \n \nALSO LOOK UP ON http://www.50states.com/sdakota.htm
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Minnesota admitted to the Union as the 32nd state in 1858\n\n(a five second search in Wikipedia yielded this information)
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at a guess i would say its from the latin because a u was written like a v
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/wisconsin/\n\nPrintable Pic Here!
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Milwaukee received its name from the Indian word Millioke which means "The Good Land", or "Gathering place by the water." Another interpretation is "beautiful or pleasant lands".[4] Early explorers called the Milwaukee River and surrounding lands various names: Melleorki, Milwacky, Mahn-a-waukie, Milwarck, and Milwaucki. For many years, printed records gave the name as "Milwaukie". A Short History of Milwaukee, by William George Bruce, gives the story of Milwaukee's final name:\n\n"[O]ne day during the thirties of the last century a newspaper calmly changed the name to Milwaukee, and Milwaukee it has remained until this day."[5] \nMilwaukeeans themselves confuse outsiders in their pronunciation of the name. It is often pronounced close to M'waukee, which is humorously observed on some T-Shirts sold.
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The only badger species in the New World is the American badger, Taxidea taxus, which is restricted to North America and doesn't get any further south than Northern Mexico.\n\nThere are no badgers in South America (including Brazil).
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Arkansas-The early French explorers of the state gave it its name, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to the Quapaw people and the river along which they settled.\n\nKansas-The state is named after the Kansas River that flows through it, which in turn derived its name from the Siouan word Kansa meaning "People of the south wind."
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WEST VIRGINIA - STATE TRIVIA - SYMBOLS & FACTS\n\nAnimal  Black Bear (Ursus Americanus)  The Black Bear was selected as West Virginia's official State Animal by a poll of students, teachers and sportsmen conducted by the Division of Natural Resources in 1954-1955. It was officially adopted by the Legislature during the 1973 Regular Session with the approval of House Concurrent Resolution 6. \nBird  \n\n Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) On March 7, 1949, legislation was passed allowing for the adoption of an official bird and tree, to be decided by a vote. The cardinal was named the state's official state bird with the adoption of House Resolution 12 on March 7, 1949, which authorized pupils from public schools and civic organizations to name the bird. \nFish  Brook Trout \nFlower  Rhododendron (Rhododendron Maximum) With the recommendation of the Governor and a vote by public school pupils, the Legislature adopted House Joint Resolution 19 on January 29, 1903, naming the Rhododendron the official state flower. \nFruit  Golden Delicious Apple. Designated as the official state fruit by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7, adopted by the Legislature on February 20, 1995. Anderson Mullins discovered this apple variety in Clay County in 1905. The plain apple had been previously designated as the official state fruit by House Concurrent Resolution No. 56, adopted March 7, 1972. \nGem  Mississippian Fossil Coral. The State Gem is technically not a gemstone, but rather the silicified Mississippian Fossil Coral Lithostrotionella, preserved as the siliceous mineral chalcedony. Designated by House Concurrent Resolution No. 39, March 10, 1990. It is found in Hillsdale Limestone in portions of Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties and is often cut and polished for jewelry and display. \nInsect  The Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) became West Virginia’s official state insect in 2002 by the Legislature’s Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9. In addition to its flavorful honey, the honeybee pollinates many of the state’s most important crops including fruits, vegetables and grasses. Its activity produces more benefit to the state’s economy than any other insect. The honeybee has six legs, four wings and its coloring ranges from dark yellow to gold with three dark bands on its abdomen. \nSoil   Monongahela Silt Loam. Adopted by concurrent resolution in 1997, making West Virginia the 12th state to have an official state soil.\n \nTree  \n\n\n\n\n\n Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum). The adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 12 on March 7, 1949, authorized a vote by public school students and civic organizations to name the Sugar Maple as the official state tree \nMotto   Montani Semper Liberi - Mountaineers are Always Free \nSongs   West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home by Julian G. Hearne, Jr. Adopted 1947 \nThe West Virginia Hills, words and music by Ellen King and H. E. Engle. Adopted 1961\n\nThis is My West Virginia, by Iris Bell. Adopted February 28, 1963\n \nDay June 20 West Virginia was proclaimed a state in 1863. “West Virginia Day”, June 20, became a legal WV holiday by Chapter 59, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 1927. \nColors Old Gold & Blue Old Gold and Blue were designated as official state colors by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20, adopted by the Legislature on March 8, 1963.\n \nSeal  \n\n Joseph H. Diss Debar, an artist from Doddridge County, was chosen by a committee of the Legislature to prepare drawings for an official seal for the State of West Virginia. The artist submitted his drawings with an explanation of each detail and from these was adopted, by the Legislature, a seal which has remained without change, the Official Seal of West Virginia. \n\nThe seal contains the Latin motto, Montani Semper Liberi, which means “Mountaineers Are Always Free.” A large stone in the center of the seal stands for strength. On the stone is the date the State was admitted to the Union, June 20, 1863. The farmer with his a
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Madison-where\nTN, Ohio, Wisconsin???????? Where and what about it?
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Excerpt from Wikipedia article:\n\nThe name of the lake is named after the Erie tribe of Native Americans who lived along its southern shore before European contact.
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You might be thinking of the white buffalo...\n\nhttp://www.homestead.com/WhiteBuffaloMiracle/\n\nThe birth of the white buffalo was supposed to herald the advent of White Buffalo Woman, a woman sacred to the Sioux tribe.  The legend goes that when she returns, she will restore the Sioux nation to its former glory.
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Boilermakers are literally that:  makers of boilers.  Crimson tide refers to the color of the team's jerseys:  red.  Utes refers to the Ute Indian tribe of Utah.  Sooners refers to those people who jumped the gun and got land before the others when the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement.  Huster is short for Cornhusker.  Lobo is a desert wolf.  Illini refers to the Illinois Indian tribe of Illinois\n\nI don't know Tarheels or Hokey
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You mean Wisconsin...Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay
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Try going to the Wisconsin site: http://www.wisconsin.gov.