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Re: Interesting State Facts
State Soil: Antigo silt loam
State Beverage: Milk (not beer)
State Song: "On Wisconsin"
State Dance: Polka
State Symbol of Peace: Mourning Dove
Motto: Forward
Origin of State Name: The name is derived from the French version of an Ojibwa term that may mean "gathering of the waters" or "place of the beaver."
Nickname for State: The Badger State. The name refers to miners, among the state's first settlers, who lived in mine shafts or dug their homes out of hillsides, as badgers do.
Nickname for residents: Wisconsinites
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