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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