Hawkeye State bestow the name on a white scout who lived and hunted with them. In 1838, 12 years after the book was published, people in the territory of Iowa acquired the nickname, chiefly through the efforts of Judge David Rorer of Burlington and James G. Edwards of Fort Madison. Edwards, editor of the Fort Madison Patriot, moved his newspaper to Burlington in 1843 and renamed it the Burlington Hawkeye. The two men continued their campaign to popularize the name and were rewarded when territorial officials gave it their formal approval. The Hawkeye nickname gained a tangible symbol in 1948 when a
Nevada State Route 115 route had previously been part of US 50, which was moved to follow present SR 119 and US 95 to Maine Street. US 50 has since been realigned again to leave Fallon on former SR 42 and turn southeast to rejoin the old alignment at Grimes Point. Nevada State Route 115 State Route 115 (SR 115) is a state highway outside the city of Fallon, Nevada in the United States. Known as Harrigan Road, SR 115 starts at an intersection with SR 119 (Berney Road) and runs north to an intersection with Stillwater Avenue, paralleling U.S. Route 95 (US 95).