Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
rain includes the Appalachian and the Blue Ridge Mountains, source of its nickname, the Moun-
tain State.
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Wisconsin
(30th state—1848) is derived from a French corruption of an Indian word whose ori-
ginal meaning is lost. Also known as the Badger State for its official state animal, the burrowing
badger, as well as for the fact that early settlers lived like badgers in sod homes that were par-
tially underground.
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Wyoming
(44th state—1890) comes from a Delaware Indian word meaning “mountains and val-
leys alternating,” as does the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. It is also known as the Equality
State because it extended the vote to women in 1869.
