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Some have claimed that the term is based on a man named sam hoosier, a contractor working on the louisville and portland canal. He tended to hire workers from indiana, who became known as. What, then, is a hoosier?
Or as mario pei wondered, who first inflicted hoosiers on the people of indiana? (pei, 1967, p. 131) like barnacles, a thick crust of speculation. Perhaps one of the more eloquent conclusions was offered by walter havinghurst in the heartland (1962) when he observed: Whatever its origin, the name of hoosier has had a lasting appeal for. After whipping six or eight men in a fist fight in louisville, kentucky, he cracked his fists and said, ain't i a husher, [clarification needed] which was changed in the news to hoosier, and thus originated the.
After whipping six or eight men in a fist fight in louisville, kentucky, he cracked his fists and said, ain't i a husher, [clarification needed] which was changed in the news to hoosier, and thus originated the.
