Subject: Facts you should know about Indiana!!
Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick
Hotel in 1925.
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The world's
largest orchid species collection is
found at Ball State
University in Muncie, Indiana.
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The
first regulated speed limit on Indiana roads
was initiated in 1921.
25 mph!! Just Cruisin'!
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Purdue
is Indiana's land grant college.
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An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each
year in Indiana.
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The exteriors of the hit movie Hoosiers was filmed
just 25 miles from
the Purdue campus at New Richmond,
Indiana.
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Remember another hit movie - Breaking Away?
Well, it was filmed in
Bloomington, Indiana and partially
on the campus of
Indiana University - I.U.!
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Much of the movie A League of Their Own was filmed
in
Indiana.
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The city of Gary, Indiana was built on fill brought
from the bottom of
Lake
Michigan through suction pipes.
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There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States.
One is in the White House and the other in the
Diner Home in Indiana.
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Infamous bank robber,
John Dillinger, declared he
would never rob any
banks in Anderson, Indiana because there were
railroad
tracks over every exit road.
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Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr,
flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
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The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest
Hospital
in the Midwest.
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One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis
was in the home of Hoosier poet,
James Whitcomb Riley.
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The career of Dorothy
Lamour (famous for the
Crosby-Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
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Aviatrix Amelia Earhart
was once a Professor at
Purdue University.
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One of the first evaporated milk companies was
started
by an Indiana Dentist, Dr. Wilson.
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Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest
cemetery
in the U.S.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana Library houses one of the
largest genealogy libraries in America.
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Wabash,
Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.
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Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first
hanging
of a white man for killing Indians.
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Indianapolis has the most Interstate legs in the
U.S. earning it
the title of "Crossroads of America".
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The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a
tree growing
from it.
(That's why they call it the TREE CITY!)
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The world's
first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.
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Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a Hoosier)
honeymooned
at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
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The American Beauty Rose was developed at
Richmond, Indiana.
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Elkhart, Indiana is the band
instrument capitol of the World.
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Batesville Casket Company, Batesville, Indiana is the largest
casket manufacturer in the world!
30 miles down the road in Aurora, Indiana,
is the second largest such company in the world -
the Aurora Casket Company!
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Frank
Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band
at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.
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Purdue Alumnus,
Earl Butz, served as the Secretary
of Agriculture.
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U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana
(231miles).
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Johnnie
Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood
summers
at the Church of God Campground in
Anderson, Indiana.
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The main station of the Underground
Railroad was in
Fountain County, Indiana.
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There is 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails
at
the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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La Porte County is the only county in America
having 2 functioning
Courthouses.
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Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Spencer County, Indiana.
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Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the
only site
in the world where Crinoids are found.
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The Lincoln Museum in Allen County contains the
world's
largest private collection of President Abraham Lincoln.
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Buffaloes roamed in Indiana at the Needmore Buffalo
Farm
in Harrison County.
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Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the "Fall Creek
Massacre". A museum housing 3500
artifacts of
pioneer heritage now exists on that site.
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North
of Lafayette is the site of the Battle of
Tippecanoe, where on November 7,
1811,
William Henry Harrison's forces defeated the
Native American confederacy
formed by the famous
Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
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St. Meinrad Archabbey is located in Spencer County
and
is one of only 2 archabbey in the U.S. and seven in the world. Abbey
Press is an operation of the archabbey.
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A
Buzz Bomb (German - WWII), believed to be the
only one on public display in the Nation, can be found on the Putnam
County
Courthouse lawn in Greencastle.
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You can't ship wine to Indiana.
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Indiana has one
of the highest-rated scholastic
rankings in the United States and is home to some of the most famous
universities
in the world (i.e. IU, Purdue, Notre Dame, etc...)
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The much sought after Hoosier Cabinets are an
Indiana
product.
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90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.
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Indiana has earned the nickname
"Mother of
Vice-Presidents". There have been five
men from Indiana elected as vice-presidents:
Schuyler
Colfax,
Thomas A Hendricks,
Charles W. Fairbanks,
Thomas Marshall
and Dan Quayle.
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The first successful goldfish
farm in the United
States was opened in Martinsville in 1899.
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Santa Claus,
Indiana receives over one half million
letters and requests at Christmas time.
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Al Capone
had a famous shoot out at a roadside
speakeasy in McCordsville, Indiana.
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Famously:
Kevin Kline graduated from Indiana University.
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Mark
Spitz " " " " "
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Jane Pauley " " " "
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David Letterman graduated from Ball State in
Muncie,
Indiana.
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Don Mattingly a former professional baseball
"Rookie of the Year" is a
native of Evansville.
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Larry
Bird, one of the greatest basketball players
in history is a native of French Lick Indiana.
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Bob
Greise, famous football player, is from Indiana.
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Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from
Indiana.
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Oprah Winfrey built her residence in Indiana.
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John
Mellancamp, singer/songwriter, is a Hoosier
born and raised in Seymour (just west of Osgood)
and now resides in Bloomington.
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Vivica A. Fox, actress,
is from Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, is from Marion, Indiana.
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Benjamin
Harrison, 23rd President of the United
States; lived in Indianapolis, where he practiced law.
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Bill
Blass, fashion designer; was born in Fort Wayne.
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James Dean, famous actor was born in Marion, Indiana.
He is bured in Fairmount, In
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr, well-known
author, is from
Indianapolis, Indiana.
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The Jackson Five, as well as all the famous
Jackson's
(Michael, Janet, LaToya)are
from Indiana.
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Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
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Shelley
Long, actress, is from Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
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Red Skelton, comedian, was from Vincennes,
Indiana.
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Wilbur Wright, inventor, was from Millville, Indiana.
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Charles
Manson spent some time incarcerated in Indiana.
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Indiana convicted Mike Tyson and exacted payment
for
his assault on a Hoosier young lady
(nobody assaults our women and gets away with it!)
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Now you know some interesting facts about Indiana
Thanks to Gary McCoy for the forward, author unknown,
some local embelishment provided by the poster. Additions are welcomed!
