Nicknames of the States

Here's a strange one: An 1884 promotional map for a company that manufactured hog rings (like nose rings for hogs, you can read more about those here, if you can stomach a little animal cruelty). 

Each state is shown with a representative ring-wearing hog.

Complete with a hog-clown in the margin.

Many of these nicknames are strange but Missouri wins for best.

The full map can be seen from the Cornell University Digital Collections.