Why are people from Indiana known as 'Hoosiers'?

Question

Why are people from Indiana known as 'Hoosiers'?

Answer 1

There are multiple stories, and none are really known to be fact, ranging from an accent of "who's here", knocking at the door, to a Mike Tyson scenerio, with an Indiana man finding an ear and saying "who's ear?". LOL. There are no facts on this one, just multiple myths.  

Answer 2

For same reason that the Black water mercenary´s are called Hucksters.

Answer 3

The story I heard was that southern IN was settled by Kentuckians.  As travelers would pass by, they holler (as Kentuckians were known to do then) out: Whose your  Daddy, whose your Momma, whose your brother?

This was done to see if any of their kin folk were coming up the road, & didn't know where anyone lived.  

Don't know if it's true> but I love the story & can see how it could be possible down around Evansville.  

Answer 4

when you knock on their door they would say hoosier [ who's there]