State Tartans?

[OC Richard]

I have a book published in 2001 called World Tartans by Iain Zaczek which lists several State tartans.

The caveat is that the book is riddled with errors, which I go over here https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...-zaczek-56271/

So with a big grain of salt here's the State tartans Zaczek gives along with the origins the author mentions:

California "proposed by J Howard Standing, 1997"

Carolina (sadly Peter isn't mentioned)

Georgia "created by the Scottish Tartans Society in 1982"

Idaho Centennial "1990"

Maine Dirigo "designed by Linda Clifford for the St Andrews Society of Maine. There is an earlier Maine tartan dating from 1964."

Ohio "designed by Merry Jayne McMichael Fischbach" 1982 or 1983 (Said to be based both on the State seal and the State flag.)

Oklahoma "designed in 1998 by Jerrel Murray"

Texas Bluebonnet "designed in 1983 by June MacRoberts"

Vermont "designed in 1994 by Andrew Elliot"

Washington (State) "designed in 1988 by Margaret McLeod van Nus and Frank Cannonita (sic)" (I assume the author is referring to Frank Cannonito, a well-known figure in the Scottish community here.)

The book also mentions several tartans created for US cities.

Not in the book, but I'll add West Virginia. The tartan is said to be based on a putative piece of tartan fabric, a shawl, said to have been brought by a Scottish family to West Virginia in the early 19th century.

Of course there was no West Virginia in the early 19th century. That aside, I have communicated with two persons involved with the tiny museum the shawl was said to be (it's an old cabin) but alas both said they've never seen such a thing. Despite nobody knowing whether this shawl ever existed or not, the State officially adopted what is claimed to be a thread count based on the shawl as its State tartan.