Indiana Quick Quiz
1. A popular old book about early Indiana is titled "Bears of ____________ River."
2. Who once lived in a home in Vincennes called "Grouseland"?
3. What is the name of the Air Force base south of Peru, Indiana?
4. One person in Indiana history served as a Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War, Governor of the Indiana Territory, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. What was his name?
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June 17, 1881 The Indianapolis Brush Electric Company was formed. This was the first utility to bring electricity to the capital city.
June 18, 1812 The War of 1812 began. Indiana Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison left office to help lead soldiers in the 32-month conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain and its Indian allies.
June 19, 1978 Garfield the cat, a creation of Hoosier cartoonist Jim Davis, made his first appearance in 41 newspapers around the country.
June 20, 1790 Knox County was created out of the Northwest Territory. The oldest county in Indiana, it was one of two original counties created in the Northwest Territory in 1790, alongside St. Clair County, Illinois. At its creation, the county was massive—extending to Canada and encompassing parts of modern-day Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan.
Where in Indiana
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Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Warsaw, of the Kosciusko county courthouse.
"Ain't God good to Indiana?
Other spots may look as fair,
But they lack th' soothin' somethin'
In th' Hoosier sky and air.
AIN'T GOD GOOD TO INDIANA?
By William Herschell
Legendary Indiana Journalist
Submitted by: Mark Sean Orr
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Answers: 1. Bears of Blue River 2. William Henry Harrison 3. Grissom Air Reserve Base 4. Thomas Posey
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