State Mottos (really cool)...

[MOB Karen]

Alabama (http://www.answers.com/topic/alabama) Share The Wonder; (formerly) The Heart of Dixie; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Alaska (http://www.answers.com/topic/alaska) Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach
Arizona (http://www.answers.com/topic/arizona) The Grand Canyon State; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Arkansas (http://www.answers.com/topic/arkansas) The Natural State; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
California (http://www.answers.com/topic/california) Find Yourself Here
Colorado (http://www.answers.com/topic/colorado) Enter a Higher State Formerly Fresh Air and Fond Memories Served Daily
Connecticut (http://www.answers.com/topic/connecticut) Full of Surprises
Delaware (http://www.answers.com/topic/delaware) It's Good Being First
District of Columbia (http://www.answers.com/topic/washington-capital-washington-dc)* The American Experience; Taxation without Representation; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Florida (http://www.answers.com/topic/florida) Visit Florida
Georgia (http://www.answers.com/topic/georgia-state-united-states) Georgia on My Mind (http://www.answers.com/topic/georgia-on-my-mind); also its state song (http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-u-s-state-songs)
Hawaii (http://www.answers.com/topic/hawaii) The Islands of Aloha (http://www.answers.com/topic/aloha-1)
Idaho (http://www.answers.com/topic/idaho) Great Potatoes (http://www.answers.com/topic/potato). Tasty Destinations. (Formerly) Famous Potatoes; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Illinois (http://www.answers.com/topic/illinois) Mile After Magnificent Mile; Right Here. Right Now.
Iowa (http://www.answers.com/topic/iowa) Changing; Fields of Opportunity
Indiana (http://www.answers.com/topic/indiana) Restart Your Engines, (formerly) Enjoy Indiana
Kansas (http://www.answers.com/topic/kansas) Kansas, as big as you think, (formerly) Simply Wonderful
Kentucky (http://www.answers.com/topic/kentucky) Unbridled Spirit (formerly, It's That Friendly); also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Louisiana (http://www.answers.com/topic/louisiana) Come as You Are. Leave Different.
Maine (http://www.answers.com/topic/maine) It Must Be Maine; The Way Life Should Be (Formerly) Vacationland; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Maryland (http://www.answers.com/topic/maryland) (formerly) More Than You Can Imagine
Massachusetts (http://www.answers.com/topic/massachusetts) Make It Yours The Spirit of America (on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate))
You're more likely to live here (billboard on the side of Fenway Park (http://www.answers.com/topic/fenway-park) citing state gun-control laws)
Michigan (http://www.answers.com/topic/michigan) Great Lakes, Great Times; More To See. (Formerly) Water/Winter Wonderland; previously on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Minnesota (http://www.answers.com/topic/minnesota) Explore Minnesota
Mississippi (http://www.answers.com/topic/mississippi) Feels Like Coming Home, "The South's Warmest Welcome"
Missouri (http://www.answers.com/topic/missouri) Where the Rivers Run
Montana (http://www.answers.com/topic/montana) Big Sky Country
Nebraska (http://www.answers.com/topic/nebraska) (formerly) The Good Life (http://www.answers.com/topic/the-good-life-slogan) which inspired, The Good Life (band) (http://www.answers.com/topic/the-good-life-band), Possibilities...Endless
Nevada (http://www.answers.com/topic/nevada) Wide Open
New Hampshire (http://www.answers.com/topic/new-hampshire) Live Free or Die (http://www.answers.com/topic/live-free-or-die-1)
New Jersey (http://www.answers.com/topic/new-jersey) Come See For Yourself
New Mexico (http://www.answers.com/topic/new-mexico) Land of Enchantment; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
New York (http://www.answers.com/topic/new-york) I Love New York (http://www.answers.com/topic/i-love-new-york); also its state song (http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-u-s-state-songs)
North Carolina (http://www.answers.com/topic/north-carolina) A Better Place to Be; Raise Up
North Dakota (http://www.answers.com/topic/north-dakota) Legendary
Ohio (http://www.answers.com/topic/ohio) So Much to Discover
Oklahoma (http://www.answers.com/topic/oklahoma) Native America; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Oregon (http://www.answers.com/topic/oregon) We Love Dreamers
Pennsylvania (http://www.answers.com/topic/pennsylvania) State of Independence, (formerly) Memories Last a Lifetime, You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania
Rhode Island (http://www.answers.com/topic/rhode-island) Unwind; Hope
South Carolina (http://www.answers.com/topic/south-carolina) Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places. Also on one of its two base license plates (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate).
South Dakota (http://www.answers.com/topic/south-dakota) Great Faces. Great Places.
Tennessee (http://www.answers.com/topic/tennessee) The Stage Is Set For You; (formerly) Sounds Good to Me (formerly) Follow Me To Tennessee; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate)
Texas (http://www.answers.com/topic/texas) It's Like a Whole Other Country Formerly: Don't Mess With Texas (originally an anti-littering (http://www.answers.com/topic/litter) slogan, later widely used on promotional t-shirts (http://www.answers.com/topic/t-shirt))
State of the Arts (on special license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate))
Utah (http://www.answers.com/topic/utah) Life Elevated Formerly: Greatest Snow on Earth and Utah! Where Ideas Connect (the former and the 'Utah!' part of the latter both on license plates)
Vermont (http://www.answers.com/topic/vermont) Vermont, naturally
Virginia (http://www.answers.com/topic/virginia) Virginia is for Lovers (http://www.answers.com/topic/virginia-is-for-lovers)
Washington (http://www.answers.com/topic/washington) Say WA!; (formerly) 'Experience Washington; The Evergreen State; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate) as Evergreen State
West Virginia (http://www.answers.com/topic/west-virginia) Open for Business; (formerly) Wild and Wonderful; also on its license plate (http://www.answers.com/topic/license-plate) as Wild, Wonderful; (previous to that) Almost Heaven
Wisconsin (http://www.answers.com/topic/wisconsin) Stay Just a Little Bit Longer
Wyoming (http://www.answers.com/topic/wyoming) Like No Place on Earth

[Kacie_bride]

That's funny. I thought Texas's moto was still Don't Mess With Texas. I have heard It's A whole Other Country, but just on the travel channel or in travel magazines.

[LizabethDavis]

I'm from Maine, but I absolutely love New Hampshire's!!!!

[rainbowtreat]

Yeah it has been the brunt of some comedians jokes. BUt I like it. We have it on our license plates.

[katieandalex]

Iowa's is stupid....but yet, very true. The state has grown trumendously since I was a little girl.

[LaceyinPgh]

West Virginia's new one, sucks. They heave "Open for Business" because of all the slot gambeling in the state now. It is bringing in tons of revenue to Charleston but totally turning the entire state into a :censored: hole like Atlantic City. The old motto was "Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia". It fit for a state whose main revenue was tourism for hiking and camping. But the last governor in office decided to take the "wild" out because he felt that it gave the state a negative imagine.

I live in PA now. Their state motto should be Land of a million and one orange construction barrels.

[WebLady]

Funny, I thought Florida's was 'The Sunshine State' :bbconfused:

[MOB Karen]

Funny, I thought Florida's was 'The Sunshine State' :bbconfused:

That would be the nickname. :p

[WebLady]

That would be the nickname. :p
Oh, I thought they were the same. Learn something new every day ;)

[MOB Karen]

Oh, I thought they were the same. Learn something new every day ;)

These are the State Nicknames, some states have many, and a lot of the states nicknames cross over and are used by more than one state.

STATE NICKNAMES
NOTE: Nicknames that are listed in bold type signify nicknames that have been offiically adopted by the state.

Alabama (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/al_intro.htm)
The Heart of Dixie
The Yellowhammer State
The Cotton Plantation State
The Cotton State
The Lizard State
The Pioneer Space Capital of the World

Alaska (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ak_intro.htm)
The Last Frontier
The Land of the Midnight
SunSeward's Folly
Seward's Ice Box

Arizona (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/az_intro.htm)
The Grand Canyon State
The Copper State
The Apache State
The Aztec State
The Baby State
The Valentine State
Italy of America
The Sand Hill State
The Sunset State

Arkansas (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ar_intro.htm)
The Natural State
The Land of Opportunity
The Razorback State
The Wonder State
The Hot Springs State
The Bowie State
The Toothpick State
The Bear State

California (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ca_intro.htm)
The Golden State
The Land of Milk and Honey
The El Dorado State
The Grape State

Colorado (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/co_intro.htm)
The Centennial State
The Silver State
The Lead State
The Buffalo Plains State
Switzerland of America
The Highest State

Connecticut (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ct_intro.htm)
The Constitution State
The Nutmeg State
The Blue Law State
The Brownstone State
The Freestone State
The Provisions State
Land of Steady Habits

Delaware (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/de_intro.htm)
The First State
The Diamond State
The Blue Hen State
The Peach State
New Sweden
Uncle Sam's Pocket Handkerchief
Corporate Capital
Small Wonder

Florida (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/fl_intro.htm)
The Sunshine State
The Alligator State
The Everglades State
The Orange State
The Flower State
The Peninsula State
The Gulf State

Georgia (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ga_intro.htm)
Empire State of the South
The Peach State
The Goober State
The Cracker State
The Buzzard State
Yankee-land of the South

Hawaii (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/hi_intro.htm)
The Aloha State
The Pineapple State
Paradise of the Pacific
The Youngest State

Idaho (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/id_intro.htm)
The Gem State
Gem of the Mountains
Little Ida

Illinois (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm)
The Prairie State
Land of Lincoln
The Corn State
Garden of the West
The Sucker State
Egypt

Indiana (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/in_intro.htm)
Crossroads of America
The Hoosier State
Playground of the Middle West

Iowa (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ia_intro.htm)
The Hawkeye State

Kansas (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm)
The Sunflower State
The Jayhawk State
The Squatter State
The Cyclone State
Bleeding Kansas

Kentucky (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ky_intro.htm)
The Bluegrass State
The Hemp State
The Tobacco State

Louisiana (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/la_intro.htm)
The Pelican State
The Bayou State
The Sugar State
The Child of the Mississippi
Fisherman's Paradise

Maine (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/me_intro.htm)
The Pine Tree State
The Lumber State
The Border State
The Old Dirigo State

Maryland (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/md_intro.htm)
The Old Line State
The Free State

Massachusetts (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ma_intro.htm)
The Bay State
The Old Colony State
The Pilgrim State
The Puritan State
The Baked Bean State

Michigan (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mi_intro.htm)
The Wolverine State
The Great Lakes State
Lady of the Lake
The Water Wonderland
The Auto State

Minnesota (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mn_intro.htm)
The North Star State
The Gopher State
The Bread and Butter State
Land of 10,000 Lakes

Mississippi (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ms_intro.htm)
The Magnolia State
The Eagle State
The Border-Eagle State
The Bayou State
The Mud-cat State

Missouri (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mo_intro.htm)
The Show Me State
The Bullion State
The Cave State
The Lead State
The Ozark State

Montana (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mt_intro.htm)
The Treasure State
Big Sky Country
The Stub Toe State
The Bonanza State

Nebraska (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ne_intro.htm)
The Cornhusker State
The Tree Planters State
The Antelope State
The Bug-eating State

Nevada (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nv_intro.htm)
The Silver State
The Sagebrush State
The Battle Born State

New Hampshire (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nh_intro.htm)
The Granite State
The White Mountain State
Switzerland of America
The Mother of Rivers

New Jersey (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nj_intro.htm)
The Garden State
The Clam State
The Camden & Amboy State
The Jersey Blue State

New Mexico (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nm_intro.htm)
Land of Enchantment
The Cactus State
The Spanish State

New York (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ny_intro.htm)
The Empire State
The Excelsior State
The Knickerbocker State

North Carolina (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nc_intro.htm)
The Tar Heel State
The Old North State
The Turpentine State

North Dakota (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nd_intro.htm)
The Peace Garden State
The Sioux State
The Flickertail State
Land of the Dakotas
The Roughrider State

Ohio (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/oh_intro.htm)The Buckeye State
Mother of Modern Presidents

Oklahoma (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ok_intro.htm)
The Sooner State
Boomer's Paradise

Oregon (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/or_intro.htm)
The Beaver State
The Web-foot State
The Hard-case State

Pennsylvania (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/pa_intro.htm)
The Keystone State
The Quaker State

Rhode Island (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ri_intro.htm)
The Ocean State
Little Rhody
The Plantation State
The Smallest State
Land of Roger Williams

South Carolina (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/sc_intro.htm)
The Palmetto State
The Rice State
The Swamp State
Keystone of the South
Atlantic Seaboard
The Iodine State

South Dakota (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/sd_intro.htm)
The Mount Rushmore State
The Sunshine State
The Coyote State
The Blizzard State
The Artesian State

Tennessee (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/tn_intro.htm)
Volunteer State
The Big Bend State
Mother of Southwestern Statesmen
The Hog and Hominy State

Texas (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/tx_intro.htm)
The Lone Star State
The Beef State
The Banner State

Utah (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ut_intro.htm)
The Beehive State
The Mormon State
Land of the Saints
The Salt Lake State

Vermont (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/vt_intro.htm)
The Green Mountain State

Virginia (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/va_intro.htm)
Old Dominion
Mother of Presidents
Cavalier State
Mother of States
Mother of Statesmen

Washington (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/wa_intro.htm)
The Evergreen State
The Chinook State

West Virginia (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/wv_intro.htm)
The Mountain State
Switzerland of America
The Panhandle State

Wisconsin (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/wi_intro.htm)
The Badger State
The Copper State

Wyoming (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/wy_intro.htm)
The Equality State
Big Wyoming
The Cowboy State

[WebLady]

Georgia
Empire State of the South
The Peach State
The Goober State
The Cracker State
The Buzzard State
Yankee-land of the South
I've only heard The Peach State one, there is a peach on the license plate.

I had no idea that there were alot of buzzards in GA. And I sort of knew peanuts ("Goobers" are peanuts) were popular in the south (mostly due to the ppl selling boiled peanuts on the side of the road like everywhere) but I didn't realize they had such importance, or did at one time.

Thanks for the info Karen :)

[katieandalex]

Woot The Hawkeye State.....I'm so glad we only have one.....by the way, I HATE the Hawkeyes! Cyclones all the way baby!!!

[Kacie_bride]

I've been in Texas all my life and I've never heard it called the beef state or the banner state. I know that we are the number one beef producers, but I've only heard the lone star state. Just an fyi, Texas gets it's name from Tejas, which means friends.

[MOB Karen]

I've been in Texas all my life and I've never heard it called the beef state or the banner state. I know that we are the number one beef producers, but I've only heard the lone star state. Just an fyi, Texas gets it's name from Tejas, which means friends.

I hear ya, Kacie, I'm still scratching my head over the Arizona nicknames.

Arizona (http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/az_intro.htm)
The Grand Canyon State - this one is clear
The Copper State - as is this one
The Apache State - I get the whole Indian thing
The Aztec State - Ditto on this one
The Baby State - What? What the hell does this mean?
The Valentine State - Huh?
Italy of America - Excuse me? Don't get it.
The Sand Hill State - Maybe there's some sand somewhere, don't know where though
The Sunset State - Don't all states have sunsets?

[Kacie_bride]

All states have sunsets, but I think Arizona is known for exceptionally beautiful ones. The Italy of America? Do you guys have a lot of Italians or something? I've never heard that one. I have heard the Grand Canyon State and that's really the only one I've heard.

[MOB Karen]

All states have sunsets, but I think Arizona is known for exceptionally beautiful ones. The Italy of America? Do you guys have a lot of Italians or something? I've never heard that one. I have heard the Grand Canyon State and that's really the only one I've heard.

I have lived here since I was a kindergartner, and I have never seen, or heard that we had, a lot of Italians. We have many, many Hispanic people, but I don't know where the Italian thing comes in. Very strange indeed.

[Kacie_bride]

I have lived here since I was a kindergartner, and I have never seen, or heard that we had, a lot of Italians. We have many, many Hispanic people, but I don't know where the Italian thing comes in. Very strange indeed.

We have a lot of Hispanic people too. When I was reading a lot of these I was like "what?" For instance, one of Georgia's, Yankee-Land of the South? I nearly died when I heard that. Do you think that most people from Georgia would like to have their state called Yankee Land? Not any of the people from Georgia I've ever been around would like that.

[MOB Karen]

We have a lot of Hispanic people too. When I was reading a lot of these I was like "what?" For instance, one of Georgia's, Yankee-Land of the South? I nearly died when I heard that. Do you think that most people from Georgia would like to have their state called Yankee Land? Not any of the people from Georgia I've ever been around would like that.

We'll have to ask Brandi what she thinks of that nickname. Maybe she knows something we don't. :)

[CindySue]

I've been in Texas all my life and I've never heard it called the beef state or the banner state. I know that we are the number one beef producers, but I've only heard the lone star state. Just an fyi, Texas gets it's name from Tejas, which means friends.
Ive heard it called that once or twice. It was right after that mess with the beef farmers and Oprah.

[Kacie_bride]

Ive heard it called that once or twice. It was right after that mess with the beef farmers and Oprah.

I remember that mess with Oprah. That is why a lot of people around here hate her! I still like Oprah though!

[WebLady]

Yankee-land of the South: "Yankee-land of the South" speaks to industrial and economic development in the south. This nickname may be used in a derogatory sense.

I really don't quite understand this ... I don't consider myself a 'Yankee'

I've always heard 'Yankee' to mean someone from the Northern US. So maybe this is suppose to mean that lots of ppl from the north moved out here? Some foreigners call anyone from the US a Yankee.