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Hawkeye, the character from James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, published in 1826 (better known from the movie today). According to the Iowa State web site, "Two Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name." The nickname was given approval by "territorial officials" in 1838, twelve years after the book was published and eight years before Iowa became a state.

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