midwest (2)
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Midwest
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Motto : Forward Nickname : Badger state, America's Dairyland
Origin of Name ; From a Native American word for the principal
river of the region, which French explorers spelled Miscous,
Miskonsing, Mesconsin, and then finally Ouisconsin.
It means "gathering of the waters."Capital : Madison Population : 5,363,675
Wood Violet
Wisconsin Cheese
Badger
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin Dells
Cranberry
Farm
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Motto : Fatti L'Etoile du Nord (The North Star)
Nickname : North Star State, Gopher State, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Origin of Name : From a Dakota Indian word meaning "sky-tinted water"
Capital : St. Paul Population : 4,919,479
Pink and White
Ladyslipper
Common Loon
Walleye
Minneapolis Skyline
Paul Bunyon
- Bemidji
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
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Herman the German New Ulm
Headwaters of the
Mississippi River -
Itasca State Park
Big Ole -
Alexandria
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Motto : Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
Nickname : Hawkeye state
Origin of Name : Probably from an Indian word meaning "the beautiful land"
Capital : Des Moines Population : 2,929,324
Iowa Cornfield
Wild Rose
The Grotto of the Redemption
- West Bend
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Motto : Liberty and union, now and forever: one and inseparable
Nicknames : Sioux State, Flickertail State, Peace Garden state
Origin of Name ; From the Sioux tribe, meaning allies
Capital : Bismarck Population : 642,200
Wild Prairie Rose International Peace Gardens
The Badlands - Medora
Medora
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Wounded Knee
Memorial
Pasque
flower
Minuteman MissileNational Park -
Phillip, SD
Motto : Under God the people rule
Nickname : Mount Rushmore State; Coyote state
Origin of Name : From the Sioux tribe, meaning allies
Badlands National Park
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Crazy Horse MemorialMount Rushmore
Rapid City
Downtown Deadwood
Sturgis MotorcycleRally - Sturgis
Ringneck Pheasant
Great Faces, Great Places
South Dakota
Capital : Pierre
Population :
754,844
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Motto : Equality Before the Law
Nickname : Cornhusker State
Origin of Name : From an Oto Indian word meaning flat water
Capital : Lincoln Population : 1,711,263
Platte River
Oregon Trail Ruts Made in the 1850's
Sand Hills of
NebraskaNebraska State Capitol
Chimney Rock
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Motto : Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties)
Nicknames : Sunflower State, Jayhawk State, Breadbasket of America
Origin of Name : From a Sioux word meaning "people of the south wind"
Capital : Topeka Population : 2,688,418
Sunflower
Kansas Wheat Field
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center - Hutchinson
BootH
ill MuseumDodge City
Flint Hills of Kansas