Why are Ohioans called buckeyes? The term was once an insult

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Do you know why Ohioans are called buckeyes?

, extolling the virtues of the buckeye tree and advocating it to be the symbol of Ohio.

But, as Drake recounted, settlers who arrived later were dismissive of the native-born Ohioans, finding them “untaught, awkward,” and likened them to the buckeyes – native and soft.

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