[Ads-l] Hoosier

[Stephen Goranson]

Attempting to legislate history--especially without good evidence and while ignoring counter evidence--is a bad idea.

scg,
who graduated high school in Indiana

PS The linked article says that the word, "which has been used to refer to Indiana residents since the 1840s," though it has been cited in the 1830—but still, long after the preacher died, and not in Indiana.
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