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
Ohio State Route 281 still under construction. The at-grade intersection with US 24 was replaced by a diamond interchange in 2007 as a part of the widening of US 24 through northwestern Ohio. Ohio State Route 281 State Route 281 (SR 281) is an east–west state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 24 approximately northeast of downtown Defiance, and its eastern terminus is at US 6 nearly north of Bradner. The majority of the route is known as the Defiance Pike. The state route begins at a diamond interchange with the US