SB56,2,13
41.10 (title)
State song, state nickname and state symbols. The Wisconsin
5state song is "On, Wisconsin", music written by W. T. Purdy, the words to which are
6as follows: "On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Grand old badger state! We, thy loyal sons
7and daughters, Hail thee, good and great. On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin Champion
8of the right, `Forward', our motto—God will give thee might!".
The Wisconsin state
9nickname is the "Badger State". The Wisconsin state dance is the polka. The state
10symbols are as follows: The mourning dove (zenaidura macroura corolinensis
11linnaus) is the symbol of peace; the Wisconsin state beverage is milk; the Wisconsin
12state tree is the sugar maple (acer saccharum); the Wisconsin state grain is corn (Zea
1mays); the Wisconsin state flower is the wood violet (viola papilionacea); the
2Wisconsin state bird is the robin (turdus migratorius); the Wisconsin state fish is the
3muskellunge (Esox masquinongy masquinongy Mitchell); the Wisconsin state
4animal is the badger (taxidea taxus); the Wisconsin domestic animal is the dairy cow
5(bos taurus); the Wisconsin wildlife animal is the white-tailed deer (odocoileus
6virginianus); the Wisconsin state dog is the American water spaniel; the Wisconsin
7state insect is the honey bee (apis mellifera); the Wisconsin state fossil is the trilobite
8(calymene celebra); the Wisconsin state mineral is the galena (lead sulfide); the
9Wisconsin state rock is the red granite; and the Wisconsin state soil is the Antigo silt
10loam (typic glossoboralf). The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information
11contained in this section concerning the state song,
nickname, dance, beverage, tree,
12grain, flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil,
13mineral, rock and soil.
