The Cotton State The Lizard State The Pioneer Space Capital of the World. Alaska, The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun, Seward's Folly Seward's Ice Box. read more
From 1817 when it became a state, to 1860, Mississippi was the largest cotton-producing state in the United States. Cotton is a major crop in Mississippi with approximately 1.1 million acres planted each year. read more
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. read more