19th
State
December 11, 1816 |
Indiana |
The
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Flag
of the State of Indiana
State Abbreviation: IN
Nickname: The Hoosier State
Origin of Name: The meaning is "land of Indians."
Indiana State Symbols:
Capital: Indianapolis
Motto: The
Crossroads of America
Indiana State Seal
Bird: Cardinal
Fish: Largemouth Bass
Flower: Peony
Poem: Indiana,
by Arthur Franklin Mapes
River: Wabash
River
Song: On
the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
Stone: Salem Limestone
Tree: Tulip
Tree
Things to Know
In 1679, Frenchmen led by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle,
became the first Europeans to set foot in Indiana as they explored
the Mississippi valley. At the end of the French and Indian War in
1763, Britain took French-controlled American territory including Indiana.
American colonel George
Rogers Clark led American forces against the British in the area
during the Revolutionary War. After the war, Indiana became a U.S.
possession as part of what was known as the Northwest Territory.
Prior to becoming a state, Indiana was the scene of frequent Indian
uprisings until the victories of Gen. Anthony Wayne at Fallen Timbers
in 1794 and Gen. William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe in 1811. In
1816, Indiana was admitted to the Union as the nineteenth state.
Indiana was the first state to provide a state-supported school system.
In 1803, Lewis and Clark set out on their expedition west from the
southern Indiana town of Clarksville, IN.
Indiana's 41-mile Lake Michigan waterfront is one of the world's
great industrial centers. Producing iron, steel, oil products,
automobile parts, mobile homes and recreational vehicles, truck and
bus bodies, aircraft engines, farm machinery, wood office furniture
and pharmaceuticals.
In agriculture Indiana is the leader with corn production. Hogs,
soybeans, wheat, oats, rye, tomatoes, onions, and poultry also
contribute to Indiana's agricultural output. Indiana is the top popcorn producing state, 90% of the world’s popcorn is grown in Indiana.
One of the largest caves in the U.S. is Wyandotte
cave located in Crawford County in southern Indiana.
Major Rivers: Ohio River, Kankakee River, Wabash River, White River, Tippecanoe River
Famous Hoosiers
Virgil
Grissom astronaut, Mitchell, In.
James R. Hoffa labor leader, Brazil, In.
J.
Danforth Quayle vice president, Indianapolis, In.
Wilbur
Wright inventor, Millville, In.
Orville Redenbacher businessman-founder of the Gourmet Popping Corn brand, Brazil, Indiana
Things to Do
Indiana State Bird and State Flower Printable Color Page.
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Sites to See
Explore
the Life of Ernie Pyle
The life of this Pulitzer prize winning journalist in World War II.
Banks Of The Wabash
River
Largest southward-flowing tributary of the Ohio River, it flows
generally westward across Indiana. Just south of Terre Haute it forms
a 200-mile boundary between Indiana and Illinois and then enters the
Ohio in the southwestern corner.
The
Wabash and Erie Canal
History and information on the Wabash River, Wabash Trade Route, and
the Erie Canal.
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race is an automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
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