Show t ORIGIN OF THE THE HOOSIERS fiT s' s Thomas Taggart who m may may y be accepted ac- ac ac- ac I as as an authority on the subject ifta t tells a picturesque story of the origin fi ol or the word Hoosier A When the first settlers he says f 1 came cain to to Indiana from the Carolinas Carolines s' s and nd Kentucky they built their little f 4 log cabins along a common road and andas V 7 as the cabins all looked alike it beI became became be- be I came the custom for any anyone one seeking friends to go along the road calling out at each cabin here beret From this the original settlers came t to t. be known gown as Hoosiers |