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Thread: How about USA state nicknames?
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[quote=GARYKINKADE,297756]O.K. since nobody is going to answer the "sooner" question, I'll give a quick (and not necessarily fully correct) answer. In 1889, part of the state of Oklahoma was open to settlement by "homesteaders" (a term used for those individuals who settled the land and were permitted to keep it provided they maintained and improved on the land) These people were to assemble on the(outside) border(s) of Oklahoma in Kansas, Texas and Arkansas and at a given signal were to race to this chosen area to be homesteaded. However, there were some individuals who did not abide by the rules and were actually in this area already(by hiding) and claimed the land before the other settlers arrived. These people were called "sooners" and they gained the land by CHEATING. So why they weren't called CHEATERS instead of SOONERS is a good question. maybe "sooners" sounds better.[/quote]
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