Hoosiers on here....did you know
Facts about Indiana: I'll bet you didn't know......
Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick, Indiana hotel
in 1925.
The first tomato juice factory was also in French Lick, IN.
The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball
State University in Muncie, Indiana.
The first regulated speed limit (20 - 25 mph!) was initiated on
Indiana roads in 1921.
An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in
Indiana.
The city of Gary, Indiana, was built on fill brought from the
bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.
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.
Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew
bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital
in the Midwest.
One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in
the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Bing Crosby-
Bob Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue
University.
Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery
in the U.S.
The library in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana houses
one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.
Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.
Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a
white man for killing Indians.
The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree
growing from it.
The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.
Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (born in Fort Wayne,
IN) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond,
Indiana.
Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.
Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the
Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.
Purdue Alumnus, Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of
Agriculture.
U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231miles).
Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers
at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.
The main station of the Underground Railroad was in
Fountain County, Indiana.
There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the
Indianapolis Museum of Art.
La Porte County is the only county in America having 2
functioning courthouses. (I think we can add Vanderburgh
and Elkhart Counties in with that also.)
Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.
Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only
site in the world where crinoids are found. (What is a crinoid,
you ask? A form of deep-water marine life that looks
something like a starfish.)
Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the 'Fall Creek Massacre'.
A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now
exists on that site.
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.)
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.
Roberta Turpin Willett was born in Indiana.
Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana.
May West and Claude Akins were from Bedford, Indiana.
The inventor of the television, Philo T Farnsworth, lived in
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Forrest Tucker was from Pendleton, Indiana.
You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So how does it get here?)
Bob Greise is from Evansville, Indiana and was quarterback at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN
Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.
Oprah Winfrey built her residence in N/W Indiana.
Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.
The much sought-after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana
product.
90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.
The Jackson Five are from Gary, Indiana.
The birthplace of the automobile, the 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.
Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick, Indiana hotel
in 1925.
The first tomato juice factory was also in French Lick, IN.
The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball
State University in Muncie, Indiana.
The first regulated speed limit (20 - 25 mph!) was initiated on
Indiana roads in 1921.
An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in
Indiana.
The city of Gary, Indiana, was built on fill brought from the
bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.
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.
Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew
bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital
in the Midwest.
One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in
the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Bing Crosby-
Bob Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue
University.
Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery
in the U.S.
The library in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana houses
one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.
Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.
Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a
white man for killing Indians.
The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree
growing from it.
The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.
Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (born in Fort Wayne,
IN) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond,
Indiana.
Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.
Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the
Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.
Purdue Alumnus, Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of
Agriculture.
U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231miles).
Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers
at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.
The main station of the Underground Railroad was in
Fountain County, Indiana.
There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the
Indianapolis Museum of Art.
La Porte County is the only county in America having 2
functioning courthouses. (I think we can add Vanderburgh
and Elkhart Counties in with that also.)
Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.
Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only
site in the world where crinoids are found. (What is a crinoid,
you ask? A form of deep-water marine life that looks
something like a starfish.)
Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the 'Fall Creek Massacre'.
A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now
exists on that site.
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.)
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.
Roberta Turpin Willett was born in Indiana.
Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana.
May West and Claude Akins were from Bedford, Indiana.
The inventor of the television, Philo T Farnsworth, lived in
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Forrest Tucker was from Pendleton, Indiana.
You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So how does it get here?)
Bob Greise is from Evansville, Indiana and was quarterback at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN
Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.
Oprah Winfrey built her residence in N/W Indiana.
Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.
The much sought-after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana
product.
90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.
The Jackson Five are from Gary, Indiana.
The birthplace of the automobile, the 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.
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the first suitcase was also invented there....called the carpetbag[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] 0 -
This is the court house in Princeton IND. Where I'm originally from. Just thought I would throw it in. Great facts .Thanks. My wife and son were amazed at all the corn fields right up to the edge of town on our visit to the family reunion. 
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Don't forget about another Purdue alumni "Orville Redenbacher"
I was raised in Alexandria,IN a small town North of Anderson and West of Muncie. Attended Purdue University and graduated with a Civil Engineering degree in 1983. Ohh Noo I am getting so old :-)0 -
"The longest year I ever spent was a night in Indiana."--DWS 0 -
Graduated from Richmond High School in 1960 and Indiana University in 1968. Born in a small town called Kendallville Indiana.
Got the hell outa there as fast as I could after getting out of college![;)][;)] They got nasty winters!Yuk!0 -
quote:Originally posted by sig232
Graduated from Richmond High School in 1960 and Indiana University in 1968. Born in a small town called Kendallville Indiana.
Got the hell outa there as fast as I could after getting out of college![;)][;)] They got nasty winters!Yuk!
I knew a couple guys from Kendalville in 1977. You may have known their parents as they are my age, 47. Dan Leighty or Jim Rieske (sp)0 -
And they make some really good racing tires. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
And they make some really good racing tires.
Who's your daddy = Hoosier0 -
quote:Originally posted by sig232
Graduated from Richmond High School in 1960 and Indiana University in 1968. Born in a small town called Kendallville Indiana.
Got the hell outa there as fast as I could after getting out of college![;)][;)] They got nasty winters!Yuk!
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It kinda stands to reason that if tomato juice was invented here, so was the Bloody Mary, eh? 0 -
There were a number of tomato farmers in the area I grew up in. In fact in Orestes, IN just west of Alexandria there was a red and gold cannery. Don't know of it is still working or not. 0 -
The first Automobile was built in Indiana?
quote:The birthplace of the automobile, the pneumatic rubber tire,
the aluminum casting process, stainless steel and the first
push-button car radio was in Kokomo,Indiana.
Who started the first American automobile company?
"Charles Duryea (1861-1938), a cycle manufacturer from Peoria, Illinois, and his brother Frank Duryea (1869-1967), were the first to build cars for sale in the United States. They founded the Duryea Motor Wagon company in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1895. There they built gasoline-powered, horseless carriages similar to those built by Karl Benz (1844-1929) in Germany.
The distinction of building the first automobile factory (in which cars were mass-produced) in the United States goes to Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950). In 1899, Olds built a factory in Detroit, Michigan, to manufacture his Oldsmobile. By April 1901, more than 10 vehicles a week were produced there. A total of 433 cars were produced in 1901. In 1902, Olds introduced the assembly-line method of production."
"George B. Selden (September 14, 1846 in Clarkson, New York - January 17, 1922 in Rochester, New York) was a lawyer and inventor who was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile, which he invented in 1877."
I seem to recall that at one time there were over 200 (or was it 400?) Automobile Companies in Indiana, but which one was the first?0 -
Indiana is also home of the setting for the Worlds Greatest Spectacle in Sports, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Born in 1909 as a test track for the automobile industry by 1911 it became home to the 500 Sweepstakes or as we know it today the Indy 500. Indy is the oldest active track on the planet. 0 -
There are two courthouses in Yalobusha county Ms. One in Water Valley and the other in coffeeville, 13 miles South. They were both recently renovated at a cost of millions!! They should have bulldozed the one in Coffeeville. Tom 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jcook01
Indiana is also home of the setting for the Worlds Greatest Spectacle in Sports, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Born in 1909 as a test track for the automobile industry by 1911 it became home to the 500 Sweepstakes or as we know it today the Indy 500. Indy is the oldest active track on the planet.
Maybe if the Nascar boys are going around the 2.5 mile oval, but the Indy 500 is a joke in my opinion. Tony George took car of that when CART left and them identical racing Indy League folks showed up. They were racing today on TV when I went thru the channels and ONLY 18 cars showed up to race. Another joke..0 -
quote:Originally posted by jcook01
Indiana is also home of the setting for the Worlds Greatest Spectacle in Sports, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Born in 1909 as a test track for the automobile industry by 1911 it became home to the 500 Sweepstakes or as we know it today the Indy 500. Indy is the oldest active track on the planet.
BS! Now we know what makes the corn grow!
quote:The way was paved for the TT by the Isle of Man's 1904 law allowing roads to close for the Gordon Bennett car trials. With road closure and speed limit laws preventing a much-wanted British motorcycle race on UK roads, the organiser, the Auto Cycle Club, turned to the Isle of Man and, in 1907, the TT was born.
quote:The city is best known for its connection with motorsports. There are actually two separate racing tracks at Le Mans, though they share certain portions. The smaller is the Bugatti Circuit (named after Ettore Bugatti, founder of the car company bearing his name), a relatively short permanent circuit which is used for racing throughout the year. The longer and more famous Circuit de la Sarthe is composed partly of public roads, which are closed to the public when the track is in use for racing, and has been host to the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race since 1923. Boutiques and shops are set up during the race selling merchandise and promoting products for cars. The first French Grand Prix took place here in 1906. The "Le Mans start" takes its name from the way racers lined up across the street from their cars and ran across the street and jumped into their cars to begin.0 -
Never mind....I thought the title was "Hooters on here" [:D] 0 -
Best thing about Indiana? .........................ME! 0 -
Lots of stuff on that list are BS.....the speed limit thing, for sure.
Merc0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
The Jackson Five are from Gary, Indiana.
I would have left that one out.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mercury
Lots of stuff on that list are BS.....the speed limit thing, for sure.
Merc
That's another great thing about this state.0 -
STAINLESS STEEL was invented in the UK at Brown Firth Laboratories by Harry Brearley (1908 ish)
In 1901 Connecticut was the first state to impose a maximum speed limit of 8 mph (13 km/h) in cities."0 -
Ya forgot Fuzzy Zoeller (golf) and McLeod (basketball coach)[:D] 0 -
It's also a fact that Indiana only has only two seasons. Winter and Road constuction. 0 -
Thats WAY more than I needed to know about Indiana, but thanks anyways 0 -
I was raised in Ohio. Kids would run away to Indiana to get married, because you could do that without parental consent, if you were 16 or older.
So...my girlfriend (the redhead) and I ran away when we were 16 to get married. She was my very first wife. Well, she would have been if the car we stole hadn't blown the engine. Well...we didn't REALLY steal it 'cause it was mine, in my Dad's name.
So much for Indiana.
Doug0 -
Males had to be 21 ! 0
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