Hoosier History Highlights

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Hoosier History Highlights

October 13 - October 19

This Week in Indiana History


Wooden

October 14, 1910 Johnny Wooden is born in Hall, Indiana. He gains fame as a basketball coach, taking UCLA to 10 championships.


October 14  1925 Samuel Ralston dies at the age of 67. As the 28th Governor of Indiana, he began the state park system.

Ralston

Angel Mounds

October 15, 1966 Angel Mounds near Evansville is added to the National Register of Historic Places.


October 16, 1826 Potawatomi Indians cede land in North Central Indiana, giving right of way to Michigan Road.

Michigan Rd

Regency TR1

October 18, 1954 The Regency TR-1, the first transistor radio, begins production in Indianapolis.


Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken at Marian University in Indianapolis, of the Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab.

NMP

 


Where in Indiana?

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Tulip tree

Indiana State tree, Tulip Poplar.

Indiana Statehouse Tour Office

Indiana Department of Administration

Guided Tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Saturday.  For more information, contact us.  

 

(317) 233-5293
Estanley@idoa.in.gov 


Statehouse Virtual Tour

 

Indiana Quick Quiz

1. What name is given to the room under the State House dome?

2. Madame C. J. Walker of Indianapolis became the first African-American millionaire. What type of business did she own?

3. Which Indiana county courthouse features murals by Hoosier artist Eugene Savage?

4. Name the doll that was created by Johnny Gruelle based on poems by James Whitcomb Riley.

Answers Below 


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Answers

1. Rotunda

2. Cosmetics and hair products

3. Fountain County Courthouse

4. Raggedy Ann

 

 

 


HQ

“Half my life, I have been waiting for someone to yell: Action. The other half, I have been waiting for someone to yell: Cut.”

― Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch

Hoosier Native and National Book Award Winner & Indiana Author Awards Winner, 2024

 

Please send your favorite Hoosier quote to: RegEdwards@idoa.in.gov


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