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Originally Posted by dgammon6
Indiana....... hoosiers
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Hi neighbor,
I am in Ohio, next door. I was just wondering if you had ever heard anything about where the name Hoosiers came from.
The only thing I have ever heard is that it was from back in the days when people generally lived in the same area for a lot of their lives and knew just about everybody for miles around. But if, by chance, they happened to meet somebody that they did not know, they would ask, "Who's your father?" Or, "Who's your mother?" (I guess I should probably look it up because I really do not know if that is right.)
Anyway, I have always thought that driving through the southern half of your state on the "roads less traveled" is just like driving through a postcard. All those well-tended family farms and beautiful little churches and wonderful barns, some of them round. Anyway, I am digressing, I know, but I like your state.
Boomer