People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — NICKNAMES OF CITIES. [ARTICLE]

NICKNAMES OF CITIES.

Providence is known as Roger Williams’ City. Vicksburg was during the war named the Key City. Detroit is the City of the Straits, from its position. Hartford is the Insurance City, from its leading business. Lowell, Mass., is the Spindle City, from its leading industry. Sheboygan is the Evergreen City; most of its trees are cedars. St. Paul is the North State City and Minneapolis the Flour City. Raleigh, N. C., is the Oak City, from the nature of most of the trees. Salt Lake City is the Mormon City, from the character of its population. Chicago is the Prairie City, from the flatness of the land surrounding it. Rochester, N. Y., is the Aqueduct City, from its bountiful water supply. Bf.ooklyn is called the City of Churches. There are over three hundred. Burlington, la., is called the Orchard City, from the abundance of fruit trees.