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Indiana Quick Quiz
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How many covered bridges are in Parke County?
- Which Indiana city is known as the “RV Capital of the World”?
- What is the largest children’s museum in the world?
- Which famous doll was created by Indiana native Johnny Gruelle?
Answers Below
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December 30, 1861 The 40th Regiment Indiana Infantry musters in at Lafayette and Indianapolis. Serving until the end of the Civil War, the regiment engages in 16 significant battles, including Shiloh, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, and the Siege of Atlanta.
December 31st, 1938 Dr R N Harger's "drunkometer", 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana.
January 1, 1827 Presbyterian minister John Finley Crowe establishes Hanover College, the oldest private college in the state.
January 3, 1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Southwest Indiana which becomes New Harmony.
Where in Indiana
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Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Lebanon, of the home Dr. William Williams built in 1929. Dr. Williams opened Lebanon's first hospital.
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-Richard Lugar
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Answers: 1. 31 2. Elkhart 3. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 4. Raggedy Ann
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