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
Virginia State Route 272 through a mix of farmland and forest to its eastern terminus at US 58 and SR 189, which run concurrently through much of Suffolk. The two highways head west as an unnamed highway toward Franklin and east as South Quay Road toward the center of Suffolk. Virginia State Route 272 State Route 272 (SR 272) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as South Quay Road, the state highway runs from SR 189 east to U.S. Route 58 (US 58) and SR 189 within the independent city of Suffolk. SR 272 is a cut-off of