South Dakota State University (SDSU), located in Brookings, SD, has the Jackrabbit as its school mascot. The mascot's official name, selected in 2011, is "Jack."
The US state of Montana's eastern borders are North Dakota and South Dakota.
"Sioux State" is not a nick name for the US state of North Dakota. "Peace Garden State" is the official nickname of North Dakota as adopted by the state legislature in 1957. Other, unofficial, nicknames for North Dakota are "The Flickertail State" and "The Roughrider State".
North Dakota and South Dakota
There is only one official nick name for North Dakota which was chosen by the North Dakota state legislature in 1957 and that is "The Peace Garden State". The "Flickertail State" was defeated by the North Dakota State Senate when it was proposed to be an emblem for North Dakota. The "Roughrider State" was used as a tourism promotion.
The official nickname of North Dakota, as adopted by the North Dakota State Legislature in 1957, is the Peace Garden State. The nick name was chosen because the International Peace Garden is located on the border of North Dakota with Canada.
North Dakota is the Peace Garden State.
North Dakota's nick name is the Peace Garden State because the International Peace Garden is located on the border between North Dakota, US and Manitoba, Canada. The North Dakota Motor Vehicle Department decided to put the words "Peace Garden State" on the license plates in 1956. The name was so popular that the North Dakota state legislature formally adopted it as the state nick name in 1957.
North Dakota is the Peace Garden State.
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The official nickname of North Dakota, as adopted by the North Dakota State Legislature in 1957, is the "Peace Garden State". The nick name was chosen because the International Peace Garden is located on the border of North Dakota, US and Manitoba, Canada.