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 191 337 (Portsmouth Boulevard) in the Jolliff section of Chesapeake. Virginia State Route 191 State Route 191 (SR 191) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Jolliff Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 13, US 58, US 460, and US 460 Alternate north to SR 337 within the independent city of Chesapeake. SR 191 begins at a four-way intersection with US 13, US 58, US 460, and US 460 Alternate in the Bower's Hill area of the city of Chesapeake. US 13, US 58, US 460 head west as Military Highway toward Suffolk;