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A Message from the IHS President
Preface
1. The Ice Age Made Modern Indiana
2. Mounds Leave Evidence of Indigenous Hoosiers
3. Indiana’s Economy Built on Farm Foundation
4. First White Man in Indiana? Un Francais, sans doute
5. Land of Three Rivers—From Miami Capital to Fort Wayne
6. On the Banks of the Wabash History Happened
7. Bison Migrating West Created First Indiana Road
8. First Church Congregation Still Thriving in Vincennes
9. Revolutionary Hero George Rogers Clark
10. Hoosier Values Shaped by the Northwest Ordinance
11. Little Turtle Led in War and Peace
12. William Henry Harrison Shaped Indiana from Vincennes
13. Lewis and Clark Joined Forces in Indiana
14. Swiss Created Early Commercial Winery in Indiana
15. Tippecanoe a Turning Point in U.S.-–Native American Relations
16. Frontier Violence Erupted at Pigeon Roost
17. Harmonists Sought to Create a Perfect Society
18. Indiana Years Shaped Abraham Lincoln
19. Indiana’s Framers Met under Famous Elm Tree
20. Indiana Became Nineteenth State under Madison
21. Jonathan Jennings’s Story One of Triumph and Tragedy
22. Slavery Existed in Free Indiana
23. Committee Picked Indianapolis as Capital
24. Massacre at Fall Creek Tested Frontier Justice
25. Marquis de Lafayette a Big Hit in Jeffersonville
26. Indiana University Began as a Seminary in 1820
27. Free Blacks Migrated to Indiana from the South
28. National Road Moved People, Mail, and Goods
29. Limestone: Indiana’s Gift to the World
30. Fleeting Canal Era Had Lasting Impact
31. Obscure Pioneer Poet Had National Fame
32. Potawatomi Forced from Indiana at Gunpoint
33. Lanier Made a Mark in Banking, Railroads
34. French Missionary Founded Notre Dame du Lac
35. Riley Revered for His Homespun Poetry
36. Coffins Helped Fugitive Slaves Escape to Canada
37. 1851 Constitution Has Kept Indiana Debt Free
38. George Julian served Indiana as Radical Republican
39. Caleb Mills: The Father of Indiana’s Public Schools
40. Dublin Hosted Indiana’s First Woman’s Rights Convention
41. T. C. Steele Celebrated the Hoosier Landscape
42. Boat Production Big Business in Nineteenth Century—and Today
43. West Baden and French Lick Offered Luxury in the Country
44. Morton Kept State in Lincoln’s Corner during Civil War
45. Hoosiers Responded to Lincoln’s Call
46. Indiana African American Regiment Engaged at “Crater”
47. Indiana State Fair Promoted Farm Innovation
48. Purdue’s Land-Grant Origins Still Apparent
49. Eli Lilly Founded Indiana’s Best-Known Business
50. The Famous, Infamous, and Humble Laid to Rest at Crown Hill
51. Lew Wallace: Hoosier Renaissance Man
52. Railroads Transformed Indiana’s Landscape
53. Gene Stratton-Porter: Author and Naturalist
54. A Better Plow, Thanks to South Bend’s James Oliver
55. Covered Bridges Rare Sight on Indiana landscape
56. King Coal fuels indiana
57. James Hinton: Indiana’s First African American Lawmaker
58. Indiana Capitol a Gathering Place for Hoosiers
59. Natural Gas Discovery Proved Flash in the Pan
60. Amish Thriving in Northern Indiana
61. Benjamin Harrison: An Activist President
62. Indiana Miami Denied Federal Recognition
63. Elwood Haynes: Automobile Pioneer
64. Social Gospel Pastors Battled Urban Problems
65. Major Taylor was Fastest Bicycle Rider in World
66. Sports Hero Dan Patch Never Lost a Race
67. Draining of Kankakee Basin Destroyed Habitat
68. Indiana is Nation’s Round-Barn Capital
69. Indiana Opened First Mental Hospital in 1848
70. Carnegie Libraries Distinguish Indiana Landscape
71. Gary: The City that U.S. Steel Built
72. Indiana Pioneered Eugenics with 1907 Law
73. Indiana Authors Enjoyed Best-Selling Reputations
74. Indianapolis 500 Synonymous with Indiana
75. Vice President Thomas Marshall Put Constitution above Self
76. State Parks are Enduring Legacy from 1916 Centennial
77. Hoosier First American to Die in World War I
78. Eugene V. Debs Opposed War Championed Labor
79. Klan Enjoyed Short-Lived Political Power
80. Car Companies Thrived in Indiana
81. Virginia Jenckes was First Female Hoosier in Congress
82. Paul McNutt Wielded Unprecedented Power as Governor
83. 1937 Ohio River Flood Swamped Evansville
84. Ernie Pyle Brought World War II Home to Readers
85. Hickam Field Recalls Famous Hoosier Airman
86. USS Indianapolis Played Key Role in War before Tragic End
87. Black Commerce and Jazz Sizzled on Indiana Avenue
88. Wendell Willkie Ran Credible Race against Franklin D. Roosevelt
89. Sherman Minton and Brown v. Board of Education
90. Fort Wayne: A City of Entrepreneurs
91. Love Affair with Cars Led to Drive-Ins
92. Hoagy and Cole Topped the Song Charts
93. Columbus Known for Engines and Aesthetics
94. A Common Identity Built Upon Basketball
95. Purdue Astronauts Braved the Final Frontier
96. Bean Blossom is Synonym for Bluegrass in Indiana
97. Indianapolis Stayed Calm as Nation Burned
98. Unigov Saved Indianapolis’s Economy and Tax Base
99. 9/11 Etched in Hoosiers’ Memories
100. A Bicentennial Gift to Hoosiers: Meltzer Woods
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