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Some people actually collect these silly Disney souvenier pins.

Anyway, I noticed a bunch of them today that had the names of a U.S. state on each one, with each state assigned a different Disney character. (There's a list and picture of some of them here.) I was trying to figure out why each state was assigned each character. It's sort of a fun puzzle. Some of them are really obvious and some of them I can't figure out.

The ones I can figure:
Alaska - Monstro the whale
Arizona - Pegleg Pete. Southwest. Old West. Okay.
California - Surfin' Donald.
Connecticut - Ichabod Crane. I get the "New England" logic, but wasn't Washington Irving from Tarrytown, NY?
Florida - Mickey. Disney World.
Hawaii - Lilo. Duh.
Idaho - Mr Potato Head. Ha ha.
Kentucky - Horace. Kentucky Derby.
Louisiana - Brer Rabbit. Just a Southern thing?
Maine - Elliot. Pete's Dragon takes place in Maine.
Maryland - Sebastian. Crabs.
Massachusetts - Chip. Boston Tea Party.
Nevada - Showgirl Daisy.
New Hampshire - Wart. King Arthur. AH! The Granite State! Sword in the stone!
South Carolina - Belle. Southern Belle.
Tennessee - Trusty.
Texas - Woody.
Vermont - Snow White. White Mountains.
Washington - Wicked Witch. Washington apples.
Wisconsin - Clarabelle. Cow. Moo. Milk.

Not on the page, but I recall:
New Jersey - Flower. Garden state.
Michigan - Mr Toad. Motorcar fanatic.

And that's all I can figger. I don't have enough Americana for the rest of them.

I've just wasted so much online time typing that...

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