Monday 10 April 2017

State of the Month – Indiana



Here is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the States of the United States in alphabetical order to check out how they got named, what their flag is like and other things of interest. 


Location – Indiana is known as a Midwestern State – but on the map of the USA it looks Mid Eastern to me!  There are about 900 lakes in Indiana.  More than half of Indiana's border is water. There are 3 major ports – Burns Harbor, Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon.  There's a song I knew years ago called Indiana Wants Me.


Nicknames – Hoosier State – there is lots of controversy about it but it is said that Hoosier means a backwoodsman.  The State's motto is 'The Crossroads of America'.


Flag


Seal


Capital – Indianapolis – also its largest city.


Flower – Peony

State Sport – the big sport in Indiana is basketball.

Signature food – Hoosier Cream Pie


Famous places to visit – Cataract Falls, Covered Bridges, Kissing Bridges



Famous people from Indiana – Michael Jackson (and the other Jacksons), David Letterman, Adam Lambert, James Dean, Axl Rose, Colonel Sanders, Abraham Lincoln, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Wilbur Wright

Go to this Pinboard to see the States of the Month so far.

3 comments:

  1. We would drive through Indiana when traveling to visit my sister. I loved that trip when I was a kid. Such a big date!

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  2. Hellooooo again! I was born in Indianapolis and you forgot to mention THE MOST IMPORTANT THING about Indiana. The Indianapolis 500! "The greatest spectacle in auto racing". :-)

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