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When people first homesteaded in Indiana , they developed a habit of yelling " Wh'os there " when anybody knocked on their door. This degenerated in Whosere, which in turn caused people to say to Indianans, "Oh, you're from the Hoosier State, so eventually the name stuck.

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Loyce Kuhn

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