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 413 Virginia State Route 413 State Route 413 (SR 413) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Memorial Drive, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 29 Business (US 29 Business) and SR 86 east to SR 293 within the independent city of Danville. SR 413 begins at a cloverleaf interchange with US 29 Business and SR 86 west of downtown Danville. US 29 Business heads southwest along a continuation of Memorial Drive and north on Central Boulevard, which crosses over the Dan River and has another cloverleaf interchange with US 58 Business (Riverside Drive).