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In 1990, woodworking students at Shakamak High School in Jasonville (pop. 2,490) built an 820-pound yo-yo, which was yo-yoed from a crane.

first appeared: 9/28/2003

Five homes built as exhibits for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair can be seen in Beverly Shores (pop. 708). The futuristic homes were dismantled, floated by barge, and reassembled throughout town.

first appeared: 9/21/2003

In 1892, the Rev. Nicholas McKay attached coffee sacks to hoops forged by a blacksmith and introduced basketball at the YMCA in Crawfordsville (pop. 15,243), considered the cradle of basketball.

first appeared: 9/14/2003

Promoters of the state’s first major car race, the 25-mile Cobe Cup in 1909 in Crown Point (pop. 19,806), expected a throng of grandstand ticket buyers. They sold one ticket. Frugal fans opted for free lawn chairs on the route.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

The only animal named for the state, the endangered Indiana bat, was discovered in 1928 in Wyandotte Cave near Leavenworth (pop. 353).

first appeared: 8/31/2003

The state’s first railroad was built in 1834 in Shelbyville (pop. 17,951) and consisted of a two-mile track with a horse-drawn car.

first appeared: 8/24/2003

An 1850s Leavenworth-Lang-Cole hay press and barn used to bale hay for river shipment has been restored at Wyandotte Woods State Recreation Area near Corydon (pop. 2,652). A half-ton wooden weight was dropped onto the hay to compact it.

first appeared: 8/17/2003

“Chuck Taylor” is the signature on the ankle patch of Converse All Star sneakers. In the 1920s, the popular all-state basketball star from Columbus (pop. 39,059) and the Akron (Ohio) Firestones traveled nationwide promoting sneakers and basketball.

first appeared: 8/10/2003

Planted in 1883, Dougherty Orchards in Cambridge City (pop. 2,121) is the state’s oldest family orchard and has blossomed from four to 100 acres of apples.

first appeared: 8/3/2003

Best-selling children’s author and illustrator Norman Bridwell, creator of the Clifford the Big Red Dog series, was born in 1928 in Kokomo (pop. 46,113).

first appeared: 7/27/2003

Das Dutchman Essenhaus, the state’s largest family restaurant, in Middlebury (pop. 2,956), serves 8,000 diners on a busy day and makes up to 14 tons of noodles each week.

first appeared: 7/20/2003

Built in the 1830s, the Bonneyville Mill on the Little Elkhart River near Bristol (pop. 1,382) is the state’s oldest continuously operating gristmill.

first appeared: 7/13/2003

Garlan Gascho of Delphi (pop. 3,015) hooked a 19.19-pound hybrid striped bass, the 2002 state record, in the Tippecanoe River.

first appeared: 7/6/2003

In 1854, a group of German immigrant men in Indianapolis organized the Maennerchor, one of the nation’s oldest singing groups.

first appeared: 6/29/2003

Harry Frankel from Richmond (pop. 39,124) became one of radio’s most highly paid performers in the 1930s as “Singin’ Sam, the Barbasol Man.” Frankel’s shows extolled the virtues of bygone days and the brushless shaving cream.

first appeared: 6/22/2003

The movie Hoosiers, starring Gene Hackman, was filmed in 1985 in Knightstown (pop. 2,148) and based on the 1954 state basketball championship in which a small-town team from Milan (pop. 1,816) beat Muncie (pop. 69,058) with a last-second shot.

first appeared: 6/15/2003

Since the late 1800s, farmers in Starke County (pop. 23,556) have grown peppermint and spearmint, valued for their oil.

first appeared: 6/8/2003

The Yellowstone Trail, America’s first transcontinental route was begun in 1912 between Plymouth Rock and Puget Sound and is marked in Starke County (pop. 23,556).

first appeared: 6/1/2003

The 2,000-acre Clark State Forest in Henryville (pop. 1,546) is Indiana’s oldest state forest, established in 1903.

first appeared: 5/25/2003

Settler Jessie Vieley named his town “New Elizabeth” after his wife, but in 1873 the name was shortened to Lizton (pop. 372).

first appeared: 5/18/2003

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