ONLY IN INDIANA
1. Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick Hotel in 1925.
2. The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
3. The first regulated speed limit on Indiana roads was initiated in 1921. 20 - 25 mph!!
4. An average of 400 funnel clouds is sighted each year in Indiana.
5. The city of Gary, Indiana was built on fill brought from the bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.
6. 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.
7. Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
8. The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital in the Midwest.
9. One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
10. The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Crosby-Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
11. Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University.
12. Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.
13. The library in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana houses one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.
14. Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.
15. Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing Indians.
16. The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree growing from it.
17. The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.
18. Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a Hoosier) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
19. The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana.
20. Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.
21. Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.
22. Purdue Alumnus, Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of Agriculture.
23. U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231 miles).
24. Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
25. The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.
26. The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County, Indiana.
27. There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
28. La Porte County is the only county in America having 2 functioning
29. Courthouses.
30. Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.
31. Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only site in the World where Crinoids are found.
32. The Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Allen County, contains the world's largest private collection of President Abraham Lincoln mementos (Lincoln National Life Insurance Company).
33. Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the "Fall Creek Massacre". A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.
34. St. Meinrad Archabbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only 2 archabbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. (Abbey Press is an operation of the archabbey.)
35. 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.
36. Roberta Turpin Willett was born in Indiana.
37. Red Skelton was born in Indiana.
38. May West was from Bedford, Indiana.
39. Forrest Tucker - He was from Pendleton, Indiana.
40. You can't ship wine to Indiana. (???????So how does it get here???????)
41. Bob Greise is from Indiana. (Old Purdue Boy)
42. Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.
43. Oprah Winfrey built her residence in Indiana.
44. John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.
45. The much sought after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.
46. 90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.
47. The Jackson Five are from Indiana as well as "Super Fan" Russ McLeod.
48. Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
49. The birthplace of the Automobile, Pneumatic Rubber Tire, The Aluminum Casting Process, Stainless Steel, and the first push-button car radio was in Kokomo, Indiana.
Pretty neat, huh?????
And you thought there was only corn in Indiana.
Oh yeah, well my hometown was the cotton capital of the world in 1905. Beat that.
Hey, we can also add that James Dean was born in Indiana and is also buried in Indiana. :yes:
This is all stuff passed down from my grandparents, but maybe someone can verify them?
John Dillinger was from Indiana (my mother said he went to elementary --primary, whatever-- with my grandmother)
Al Capone had hideaways all over Indiana, in particular on Lake Wawassee.
Quote from: ~Daisy~ on October 12, 2006, 11:39:18 AM
This is all stuff passed down from my grandparents, but maybe someone can verify them?
John Dillinger was from Indiana (my mother said he went to elementary --primary, whatever-- with my grandmother)
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger
Dillinger, the son of a farmer, was born on June 22, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in nearby Mooresville. In 1923, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, but deserted within a few months and was later dishonorably discharged. Dillinger returned to Indiana where he married a local girl named Beryl Hovious and attempted to settle down. He, however, had difficulty holding a job and his marriage disintegrated. One night in 1924, while out on a drinking binge, Dillinger and a friend assaulted and robbed a well-known local grocer, Frank Morgan. The buddies were soon captured. Dillinger's friend employed a lawyer and received only a few months in jail, while the lawyer-less Dillinger was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison, despite having no prior criminal record.
Sounds about right. My grandma, as you know, was born in 1904 in Crawfordsville, but grew up in Indianapolis.