What is North Carolina's nickname?

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Answer 1

According to the State of North Carolina it has a couple nicknames. The most common is The Tarheel State: In North Carolina's early years, tar was one of the state's major products. Tar is a dark brown or black sticky liquid created by the decay of organic material such as wood, coal or peat.

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Answer 2

Tar Heel State; Old North State

Answer 3

Tar Heel State

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Answer 4

The Tarheel State: In North Carolina's early years, tar was one of the state's major products. Tar is a dark brown or black sticky liquid created by the decay of organic material such as wood, coal or peat. There are two contradictory stories about the origin of this nickname. Both stories concern Civil War battles in which North Carolina troops were involved.

John S. Farmer's Americanisms - Old and New, published in 1889, tells of a battle involving Mississippi and North Carolina soldiers. The story goes that, during a battle, a brigade of North Carolinians failed to hold their position. The Mississippians taunted the North Carolinians with failure to tar their heels that morning. They meant by this that, if the North Carolinians had tarred their heels, they would have been able to "stick" to or hold their position.

North Carolina soldiers come out of a story by Walter Clark looking a little more heroic. In Mr. Clark's story, the North Carolinians had to fight it out alone after their supporting column failed to hold their position. The story goes that the derelict outfit (It's implied that they were from the Army of Northern Virginia.) later asked "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" The North Carolinians responded "No; not a bit old Jeff's bought it all up." "Is that so; what is he going to do with it?" the derelicts asked. The reply; "He's going to put it on you'ns heels to make you stick better in the next fight." "Old Jeff" is a reference to the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis.

The Land of the Sky: Derived from a book, The Land of the Sky (1876), by Frances Fisher Tieran who wrote under the name Christian Reid, this nickname references the Blue Ridge and the Great Smokey Mountains of western North Carolina. This nickname can also be found in a line from the official State Toast, " Where soars Mount Mitchell's summit great, In the "Land of the Sky," in the Old North State!" The city of Asheville, North Carolina has also adopted "Land of the Sky" as its nickname.

The Old North State: In 1710, Carolina was divided into northern and southern sections. The southern section was called South Carolina and the northern section was called North Carolina. "The Old North State" is a reference to the northern section.

The Turpentine State: The principal products of North Carolina in its early history were tar, pitch and turpentine. It is from the latter that this nickname is derived. Large quantities of turpentine were produced from North Carolina pine forests.

The Rip Van Winkle State: This nickname was mentioned in C.J. Thomas's Manual of Useful Information but no explanation for it was given. We could speculate that northern visitors may have compared the mountains of North Carolina to the Catskill mountains of New York where the Rip Van Winkle legend was publicized by Washington Irving.

Answer 5

North Caka Laky

Answer 6

tar heel state. named after the people that first moved there. the squatters were poor and couldnt afford shoes, so they put tar on their feet. or their heels

Answer 7

the tar heels

Answer 8

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