Sooner State

Japanese: Sooner State(英語表記)SoonerState
Sooner State

...After that, white speculators gradually invaded the state, and just before white settlement was permitted in 1889, a group of fugitives called Sooners flooded in and occupied the land. The state's nickname is still the "Fugitive State" today. In the Bible Belt, the state has many Southern Baptists and Methodists, and the sale of alcohol was prohibited until 1959, which are also manifestations of this conservatism.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Sooner State" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その後しだいに白人投機家が侵入し,さらに89年に白人の入植が許可される直前には,スーナーsoonersとよばれる抜けがけ移住者が殺到し土地を占拠した。州のニックネームは今日も〈抜けがけの州Sooner State〉である。〈バイブル・ベルト〉の中にあって,南バプティスト派とメソディスト派が多く,1959年まで酒類の販売が禁止されていたのも,この保守主義のあらわれである。…

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