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According to Bill Bryson, there are many suggestions for the derivation of the word, but none is universally accepted.
Jacob Piatt Dunn, longtime secretary of the Indiana Historical Society, noted that " hoosier " was frequently used in many parts of the South in the 19th century for woodsmen or rough hill people.
Immigrants from Cumberland settled in the southern mountains ( Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland River, Cumberland Gap, etc .).
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