Nicknames of States; Nicknames of Pittsburg(h)

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NICKNAMES OF THE STATES

    This came up on Historical Newspapers Online, searching "nicknames."  It
antedates four state nicknames by a year.  It also gives one nickname that is
not in the DA, or anywhere else.
     From the NEW YORK TIMES, 30 July 1871, pg. 1, col. 6:

     The Nicknames of the States.
     Alabama, Lizards; Arkansas, Toothpicks; California, Gold Hunters (DA has
1872--ed.); Colorado, Rovers (DA has 1872--ed.); Connecticut, Wooden Nutmegs;
Delaware, Muskrats; Florida, Fly Up the Creeks; Georgia, Buzzards; Illinois,
Suckers; Indiana, Hoosiers; Iowa, Hawkeyes; Kansas, Jayhawkers; Kentucky,
Corn Crackers; Louisiana, Creoles; Maine, Foxes; Maryland, Craw Thumpers;
Michigan, Wolverines; Minnesota, Tadpoles; Missouri, Pukes; Nebraska, Bug
Eaters; Nevada, Sage Hens; New Hampshire, Granite Boys; New Jersey, Blues or
Clam Catchers; New York, Knickerbockers; North Carolina, Tar Boilers and
Tuckoes (Tuckahoes?--ed.); Ohio, Buckeyes; Oregon, Webfeet and Hard Cases;
Pennsylvania, Pennanites and Leatherheads; Rhode Island, Gun Flints; South
Carolina, Weasels; Tennessee, Whelps (DA has 1872--ed.); Texas, Beefheads (DA
has 1872--ed.); Vermont, Green Mountain Boys; Virginia, Beadles (Is this
anywhere?--ed.); Wisconsin, Badgers.

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NICKNAMES OF PITTSBURG(H)

     The DA has 1853 for "Iron City" and 1850 for "Smoky City."
     From the Making of America database, this is from the LADIES REPOSITORY,
July 1843, pg. 216, col. 1:

      No wonder that the Iron City is called a city of smoke.  It is so
literally.

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      FWIW:  I left out that Pretoria (Nelson Mandela City?) is "the
Jacaranda City," from its many jacaranda trees....The Oxford South African
Dictionary shows that Port Elizabeth became "the Windy City" much after
Chicago.