Hawkeye State to "The Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot" in tribute to friend Chief Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. Edwards proposed the nickname "Hawk-eyes" in 1838 to "...rescue from oblivion a memento, at least, of the name of the old chief", Black Hawk. The University of Iowa's athletic teams are nicknamed the Hawkeyes and feature a mascot named Herky the Hawk. The University of Iowa borrowed its athletic nickname from the state of Iowa. The name Hawkeye was originally applied to a hero in a fictional novel, The Last of the Mohicans, written by James Fenimore Cooper; the author had the Delaware Indians
Secondary state highways as branches of Primary State Highway 7 (Washington) Route 10 about a mile north of Kittitas. SSH 7B was removed from the state highway system in 1953. The route is not part of the modern Washington state route system. When it was added to the state highway system in 1951, Secondary State Highway 7C originated at US 10/PSH-7 at the east end of the Vantage Bridge, at a point where the main highway turned north to climb out of the Columbia River Valley. From the banks of the Columbia, SSH 7C headed east to a junction with US 395/PSH 11 west of Othello, remaining roughly parallel to US