X-Nico

97 unusual facts about Indiana.


1961 Indianapolis 500

John Masariu, 38, of Danville, Indiana was serving as a member of the fire/safety crew.

Adler Seeds

After a fire at its seed facility, Adler Seeds sold its facility and farm ground to Beck's Hybrids, based in Atlanta, Indiana, in 2009.

Albert Henry Vestal

Born on a farm near Frankton, in Madison County, Indiana, on January 18, 1875, he attended common schools, worked in steel mills and factories and attended the Indiana State Normal School, now Indiana State University, at Terre Haute.

Avery Craven

Avery Odelle Craven (August 12, 1885 near Ackworth, Iowa – January 21, 1980, Chesterton, Indiana) was a historian who specialized in the study of the nineteenth-century United States and the American Civil War.

Bailly Nuclear Power Plant

The Bailly Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant project to be located near the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, United States.

Bill Vernon

He MC'd at many a bluegrass performance or festival, including Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Festival in Indiana, and festivals of Ralph Stanley and Carlton Haney.

Blanche Stuart Scott

On October 24, 1910, she made her debut as a member of the Curtiss exhibition team at an air meet in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Bobby Mathews

On May 4, 1871 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he pitched a shutout in the inaugural game of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NA), the first professional league.

Brandt Hershman

He currently serves as the Majority Whip and represents Senate District 7, which includes parts of White, Tippecanoe, Jasper, Clinton, Carroll and Howard Counties.

Cal Collins

Cal Collins (May 5, 1933-August 27, 2001) was an American jazz guitarist born in Medora, Indiana.

Cal Crum

In 1916, Crum again played for two teams: the Terre Haute Highlanders of Terre Haute, Indiana, and the Muskegon Reds of Muskegon, Michigan.

Carlos Almaraz

Almaraz was born in Mexico City, but his family moved when he was a young child, settling in Chicago, Illinois, where his father owned a restaurant for five years and worked in Gary steel mills for another four.

Casqui

Due to this controversy some claim that the town of Pacaha was actually located on the present day site of Terre Haute, Indiana with the Casqui tribe living near present-day Vincennes, Indiana.

Center Grove, Indiana

Center Grove is an unincorporated community located in White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana.

Charlie Glotzbach

Charles "Charlie" Glotzbach (born June 19, 1938 in Edwardsville, Indiana) is a former ARCA and was a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver.

Chic Anderson

A native of Evansville, Indiana, Anderson got his start in horse racing in 1951, working part-time in the mutuel department at Dade Park (now Ellis Park Racecourse) in nearby Henderson, Kentucky.

Chris Rice

But frequent invitations to speak and lead music at his church's youth group events led to more such invitations throughout his college years at the University of Maryland, Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana, and Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

College Township

The village of College Corner takes its name from its position in the northwest corner of this section and the Indiana town of College Corner took its name from its Ohio counterpart.

Confessional Lutheranism

both sending missionaies to newly arrived German immigrants in the Midwest and the immigration of groups like the Saxons, who settled in Missouri under Martin Stephan and C.F.W. Walther, the Germans who settled in Indiana under F.C.D. Wyneken, and the Prussians under J.A.A. Grabau in Western New York and southeastern Wisconsin (the Buffalo Synod).

Corbett Davis

Richard Corbett "Corby" Davis (December 8, 1914 in Lowell, Indiana – May 28, 1968 in Houlton, Maine) was an American football fullback.

Covington Dells, Fort Wayne

Originally a suburban rural development in unincorporated Allen County, the area was incorporated inside the Fort Wayne city limits on January 1, 2006 as part of Fort Wayne's Southwest Extended Annexation of parts of Wayne and Aboite townships.

Crash Craddock Live!

The album was recorded at the Little Nashville Opry in Nashville, Indiana.

Dona Massin

In Dona's later years, she and daughter Jodie would visit the Wizard of Oz Festivals in Chesterton, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Chicago.

Duane Richards

Duane Lee Richards (born December 16, 1936 in Spartanburg, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Edgar Whitcomb

Whitcomb was born on November 6, 1917 in Hayden, Indiana, the second child and first son of John Whitcomb and Louise Doud Whitcomb.

Elijah Martindale

In the spring of 1832 Martindale moved with his wife to Flat Rock, near New Castle, Indiana, in Henry County, Indiana.

Ervin

Ervin Township, Howard County, Indiana, one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, USA

Erzsébet Gaál

Erzsébet Gaál is a native of Hungary currently living in Bloomington, Indiana, where she is an active professional harpist, Kodály pedagogue and a researcher in the field of physical wellness for musicians.

Eunice White Beecher

When Henry Ward Beecher, a clergyman, settled in his pastorate in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1837, he returned east to claim her as his bride, having been engaged to her over seven years.

Fintan Mundwiler

When St. Meinrad's Abbey was destroyed by fire on 2 September 1887, he rebuilt the monastery on an even greater scale, founded a commercial college at Jasper, Indiana, and assisted in the foundation of the Priory of St. Gall in North Dakota.

Franciscan St Anthony Health – Michigan City

Franciscan St Anthony Health – Michigan City is a hospital located in Michigan City, Indiana.

G-W Invader

Roger Harmon later started Harmon Boats Fiberglas Specialists LLC in Sharpsville and Cicero, Indiana.

G-W Invader is a line of small recreational power boats that were manufactured by Arne Gray and George Wooldridge of Sharpsville, Indiana, United States.

Galien Township, Michigan

Indiana is to the south, with Olive Township in St. Joseph County to the southeast and Hudson Township in LaPorte County to the southwest.

George Boxley

Finally Boxley headed to Indiana, pausing first at Strawtown with the idea of continuing westward to settle along the Wabash River.

Gerald Miller

After his residency, Miller began a family practice in Markle, Indiana.

High School Rock

Recorded December 2–December 16, 1997 at the Sonic Iguana in Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

IN3

Indiana's 3rd congressional district, a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana

Indiana Northeastern Railroad

In northeastern Indiana, the INR operates a line that runs along the southern edge of Steuben County from South Milford east through Ashley, Steubenville and Hamilton to the Ohio state line.

Indiana's NewsCenter

Part of the plan to win back viewers included the introduction of new technology such as text messaging, an improved website with more online video, and upgrading weather equipment including the introduction of a VIPIR radar system.

James Johnston Thornton

Thornton excelled in his studies and was named justice of the peace for Warrick County, Indiana (1842).

James M. Hamilton

Hamilton enrolled at Union Christian College in Merom, Indiana.

Joe L. Hensley

He served one term in the Indiana General Assembly in 1961-1962, representing Jefferson and Scott counties.

John Eubank

Eubank continued to play in the minor leagues for several years, concluding his career with the Grays from Goshen, Indiana.

Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana

The grain grown was either fed to livestock or hauled by wagon to elevators at Ambia, West Lebanon, or Rossville, Illinois.

Josh Devore

Devore resided in Seelyville, a small community in Vigo County, Indiana during his early pro baseball career, getting his start in what was known as the Trolley League in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Keith O'Conner Murphy

When he was a sophomore, the family moved to Sweetser, Indiana in Grant County, where his father worked at the local Fisher Body plant.

L. O. Hartman

He was born in LaGrange, Indiana, Lewis married Helen Marion Nutter 21 December 1922 in Newton, Massachusetts.

Lake Holiday

Lake Holiday, IN, a large, private, unincorporated community (including several subdivisions) near Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Lena Pierpont

In the 1900 census, Lena L. Pierpont was enumerated in Center Township, Delaware County, Indiana, married within the year.

Liberty Hills, Fort Wayne

Originally a suburban rural development in unincorporated Allen County, the area was incorporated inside the Fort Wayne city limts as part of Fort Wayne's Southwest Extended Annexation of parts of Wayne and Aboite townships.

Lonely Ol' Night

The song was recorded at Belmont Mall in Belmont, Indiana, was produced by Mellencamp (under the alias "Little Bastard") and Don Gehman, engineered by Gehman and Greg Edward.

Ludwig Park, Fort Wayne

Originally a suburban rural development in unincorporated Allen County, the area was incorporated inside the Fort Wayne city limits on March 6, 1979 as part of Fort Wayne's Ludwig Park Annexation.

Mabel Leigh Hunt

She was raised in Greencastle and, from age ten until her physician father died, in Plainfield (a center of Indiana Quaker activity).

Main Event Championship Wrestling

Prior to this inception, MECW events spanned from Vincennes to Marion, Lafayette, and Evansville, Indiana, as well as Nashville, Kingsport and various other cities in Tennessee.

Michigan Road

From Madison it went north through Ripley and Jefferson counties straight to Napoleon, Indiana, and from there straight through Shelby County, Indiana to Indianapolis.

Mike Bonifer

Born on December 31, 1953, in Jasper, Indiana, Bonifer grew up on a farm near Ireland, Indiana, the oldest of six children of Bob and Fern (Henke) Bonifer.

Mike Lockwood Memorial Show

It was the first of two memorial shows held in memory of Mike Lockwood, who committed suicide at his home in Navarre, Florida on two weeks earlier, with a second show, the Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament, run by New Breed Wrestling Association in South Bend, Indiana two years later.

Mississinewa River

The dustjacket explains that this county is located “east of Spoon River, west of Winesburg, and slightly north of Raintree County.” Its county seat is the actual rural town of Somerset next to the Mississinewa (River) Reservoir.

Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana

Something delayed his return with family to claim that land, so he ended up settling on the west bank of Black River near the present site of Owensville.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Indiana

Center Township is the location of 165 of these properties and districts, including 5 of the National Historic Landmarks; these properties and districts are listed separately.

NEXRAD

The last system of this installation campaign was installed in North Webster, Indiana on August 30, 1997.

Nine Mile, Fort Wayne

Nine Mile is an unincorporated town southwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States near the Fort Wayne International Airport.

Pailton Engineering Ltd

As Pailton were growing their product range so was the market reach, due to the opening in 1999 of Pailton Inc. in Valparaiso, Indiana, USA.

Perry Meridian High School

It is one of two public high schools serving grades nine through twelve in the Perry Township, along with Southport High School.

Point Isabel

Point Isabel, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana

Preble County, Ohio

After finishing fifth grade, Preble County students attend Union County Middle School and Union County High School, both located across the state line in Liberty, Indiana.

College Corner Union School (grades K-5) is physically located in both Ohio and Indiana (the state line runs through the middle of the building) and serves students from both College Corner, Ohio, and West College Corner, Indiana.

Renner, Indiana

The northern half of Indiana, including what became Licking Township and Renner, was flattened by two glaciers millions of years ago.

Robert d'Escourt Atkinson

Robert d'Escourt Atkinson (born April 11, 1898, Rhayader, Wales – died October 28, 1982, Bloomington, Indiana) was a British astronomer, physicist and inventor.

Ron Ellett

Willis was the son of David Ellett whose father was Edward Ellett, Sr. the founder of Ellettsville, Indiana.

Rotolactor

As of 2013, a working Rotolactor is open to the public as a part of the "Dairy Adventure" tour at Fair Oaks Farms in Fair Oaks, Indiana.

Royal Oaks, Fort Wayne

Originally a suburban rural development in unincorporated Allen County, the area was incorporated inside the Fort Wayne city limits on September 21, 1991 as part of Fort Wayne's Northeast Phase I Annexation.

Shelli Yoder

She was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in the 2012 race and is currently a member of the County Council for Monroe County, Indiana.

Southport High School

Located in Perry Township, on the south side of the city, Southport is a part of the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township.

Squire Boone

The settlement is in what is now called Boone Township, and it began to flourish early on.

St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital

St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital primarily serves residents in Warren and Benton counties, and maintains a 24-hour emergency service as well as surgical facilities, diagnostic services and clinics.

Stan Coveleski

In 1929, after leaving major league baseball, Coveleski relocated to South Bend, Indiana.

Stanley Armour Dunham

The most recent native European ancestor was Falmouth Kearney, a farmer who emigrated from Moneygall, County Offaly, Ireland, during the Great Irish Famine and settled in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, Indiana, United States.

Stephen S. Harding

He died on February 12, 1891 in Milan, Ripley County, Indiana and was buried in the Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Indiana.

He then opened a law office in Richmond, Indiana which remained open for six months when he opened one in Versailles, Indiana.

Suedehead

The video clip for this Morrissey single features the singer walking in the streets of Fairmount, Indiana, the boyhood city of James Dean.

Sunnybrook Acres, Fort Wayne

Sunnybrook Acres, Indiana is a neighborhood in the northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Supreme Court of Indiana

In December 1816 Jonathan Jennings, Indiana's first governor, nominated John Johnson of Vincennes Knox County; James Scott of Charlestown Clark County; and Jesse Holman of Aurora Dearborn County, to serve as the first panel of judges on the Indiana Supreme Court.

Initially the Court shared space on the second floor of the Marion County Courthouse, before moving to the third Indiana Statehouse.

Ted Petty Invitational

The first-annual Ted Petty Invitational took place on November 1 and 2, 2002 in Clarksville, Indiana.

The Promise of Eden

The Promise of Eden tells the story of a young boy, Gregory Coleman, who lives in the small town of New Harmony, Indiana.

Thomas E. McCall

McCall joined the Army from Veedersburg, Indiana, and by January 22, 1944 was serving as a Staff Sergeant in Company F, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division.

Thomas J. Cason

Born near Brownsville, Indiana, Cason moved to Boone County with his parents, who settled on a farm near Thorntown in 1832.

Thomas McMurtry

Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on 4 June 1935, McMurtry attended elementary school in Rockville, Indiana, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in June 1957.

Tim Neese

Neese is also the Director of the Solid Waste Management District of Elkhart County.

Toby Myers

Myers celebrated his 60th birthday in 2009 with a large party in Nashville, Indiana, where he now lives and has a small recording studio.

Wayne Schurr

Wayne Allen Schurr (born August 6, 1937 in Garrett, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who pitched for the Chicago Cubs in 1964.

WFGA

Although its city of license is in Ohio, WFGA now primarily concentrates on serving the Auburn and Garrett area in northeastern Indiana, where its signal is much stronger than in Fort Wayne.

William H. Sylvis

In 1990 the state of Pennsylvania honored Sylvis with the dedication of a historical marker at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

William Hayden English

William Hayden English was born August 27, 1822, in Lexington, Indiana, the only son of Elisha Gale English and his wife, Mahala (Eastin) English.

Zachariah Cicott

He left Warren County immediately and went down the river, returning later with the army and passing back through Warren County to reach Tippecanoe County where the Battle of Tippecanoe took place on November 7, 1811.


Albert Berg

After leaving the Indiana Institution for the Deaf, Berg enrolled at the "Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb" (later renamed Gallaudet University), run by Edward Miner Gallaudet in Washington, D.C. He was a halfback and captain of the football team at Gallaudet.

Bass Mansion

John H. Bass Mansion, Fort Wayne, Indiana, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Catherine Eddy Beveridge

Much to the chagrin of her role models and mentors, her mother Abby Eddy and her aunt Delia Caton Field, Catherine married Albert J. Beveridge, an Indiana Senator, in 1907.

Charles Cathcart

Charles W. Cathcart (1809 – 1888), United States Representative and Senator from Indiana

Charles Conn

Charles G. Conn (1844–1931) the 19th century U.S. Representative from Indiana and the namesake of the musical instrument company C.G. Conn Inc.

Columbus Indiana Economic Development Board

The Economic Development Board provided additional funding for “Production of Columbus, Indiana: Different by Design”, a production of WTIU, Indiana University in association with Spellbound Productions, Inc.

Fort Wayne Freedom

He had worked previously as an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis, an NAIA institution, and NCAA Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan.

Frank Cignetti

Frank Cignetti, Sr. (born 1937), American football player and coach, head coach at West Virginia University (1976–1979) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1986–2005)

Freeway service patrol

In some states, the program name is the generic term, as with California's Freeway Service Patrol; in others, the program has an individualized name, as with Indiana's Hoosier Helper program.

Harvey N. Middleton

Middleton was a member of several national, state, and local medical associations: the American Medical Association, the National Medical Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American College of Physians, the American Thoracic Society, the Indiana State Medical Association, the Aesculapian Society, the Indiana Thoracic Society, and the Marion County Medical Society.

Henry Elliott Hudson

In 1901 the various volumes of his manuscript collection were privately sold, though it is now publicly available at the National Library of Ireland, the Boston Public Library, and the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Henry's brother William Elliot Hudson (1796-1853) was a barrister noted for his philanthropy and his support of the Irish language.

Indiana Democratic Party

In 1913, Thomas Marshall, Governor of Indiana, became yet another Democratic Hoosier to be a Vice President (under Woodrow Wilson).

Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods

Writer Rob Williams noted Indiana's character in the first two films is very different, pointing out a scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana lowers his bazooka aimed at the Nazis, declaring he would give up the Ark of the Covenant for Marion Ravenwood.

Indiana Limestone

New Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, opened in 2009, extensively uses Indiana limestone paneling on its exterior facade.

Indiana Pacers

It is owned and operated by the Capital Improvement Board, City of Indianapolis, Indiana and its groundbreaking was on July 22, 1997 by Ellerbe Becket Architects & Engineers.

Indiana State Road 13

This was part of the route that Eastern settlers, having crossed the lakes to Detroit, used after they disembarked to travel south into Indiana.

Jackson Bailey

Bailey was also honored with Honorary doctorate degrees from Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Wabash College in Indiana, the College of Wooster in Ohio, and Waseda University in Japan.

James Banks

Jim Banks (born 1979), American politician in the Indiana Senate

Joyful Noise

Joyful Noise Recordings, an independent record label founded in Indiana in 2003

Kathy Davis

She was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, and the first woman to serve in that office.

KCAC

Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, a convention and athletic center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Ken Williams

Kenneth P. Williams (1887–?), professor of mathematics at Indiana University

Kevin R. Wilson

Indiana athletic director Fred Glass announced the dismissal of Bill Lynch and the rest of the coaching staff on November 28, 2010, following a third straight season with only one conference victory.

Leavenworth, Indiana

His son Zebulon, named after the boy's uncle in Indiana, became a famous riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River and was a friend of Mark Twain before Twain became a writer.

Lubin Manufacturing Company

Aided by French-born writer and poet Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, who served as the studio's publicity manager, in 1910 Siegmund Lubin built a state of the art studio on the corner of Indiana avenue and Twentieth Street in Philadelphia that became known as "Lubinville."

McNicholas Quadruplets

Lindsay McNicholas is the wife of Adam Krug, Assistant Coach of the Indiana Ice, and her brother in law is Torey Krug who plays for the Boston Bruins.

Merrillville, Indiana

The development is designated an Indiana Certified Technology Park and includes two Purdue University related facilities: Purdue University Calumet's Academic Learning Center and a business incubator/technology center operated by the Purdue Research Foundation.

Metabolife

Metabolife took an active role in lobbying against regulation of ephedra, forming an advocacy group called the Dietary Supplement Safety and Science Coalition and contributing heavily to Congressmen Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.), among other politicians.

Mikhail Turovsky

Mikhail Turovsky's work is represented in permanent collections of the National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kiev, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Yad Vashem Memorial Art Museum in Jerusalem, the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in New York, and the Notre Dame University Art Museum in Indiana, as well as many public and private collections.

Mount Albion Cemetery

Gilbert De La Matyr, (1825–1892), Methodist Episcopal Church elder who served a single term as U.S. Representative from Indiana after the Civil War.

Otterbein, Indiana

Richard Atha, OHS Graduate, NBA player, member Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

Ratzinger Foundation

Reverend Professor Brian E. Daley, S.J., an American Jesuit who is Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Rich Field

He was born in Indiana, and had been instructed to fly by Lt. Frank P. Lahm in May 1913, then crashed his Wright Model C into Manila Bay on November 14, 1913, the tenth U.S. pilot to die in a flying accident.

Royal Masonic School for Boys

Both schools were commonly used for films (such as Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Lucky Jim (twice), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and numerous TV shows) from the 1950s until recently.

Saffo the Greek

In July 1914, he was in attendance with other figures of the Levee including John Torrio (representing Jim Colosimo), John Jordan, Jackie Adler and Harry Hopkins at Port Lamp Burke's roadhouse near Cedar Creek (Indiana) several hours after gunman Roxie Vanilli, a cousin of Torrio whom he had brought in from New York, had shot and killed Chicago detective Sgt. Stanley Birns.

Songs for Older Women

Songs for Older Women is the first live album by progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee, recorded over a two-night stand in Indiana in November 1998 and released in 1999.

Southern Wesleyan University

Ken Schenck, Dean of Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University

Steve Alford

In his senior year, the Alford-led 1986-87 Hoosiers won Indiana's fifth national championship against Syracuse in the 1987 NCAA tournament.

Tri-state area

Three other prominent areas that have been labeled tri-state areas are the Cincinnati tri-state area, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; the Pittsburgh tri-state area, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; and the Chicago tri-state area, also known as Chicagoland, which includes Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

WIFF

WGBJ, a radio station (102.3 FM ) licensed to serve Auburn, Indiana, United States, which held the call sign WIFF-FM from 1967 to 1995

William A. Koch

With so many projects going - seemingly all at once - Bill Koch discovered in the late 1950s that Indiana's segment of Interstate 64 was going to run from Vincennes to New Albany.

WSSM

WZOW, a radio station licensed to serve Goshen, Indiana, United States, which held the call sign WSSM from 2011 to 2013

WVHF

WWJS-CD channel 15, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, formerly used the call sign WVHF