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Damon Bailey scored 3,134 points playing basketball at Bedford North Lawrence High School between 1986 and 1990, making him Indiana’s all-time leading scorer. He scored 972 points his senior year, leading his team to the state championship.

first appeared: 12/22/2002

Known as the Nation’s Wood Capital, Jasper (pop. 12,100) is home to a dozen cabinet and furniture manufacturers, including Indiana Furniture Industries, Jasper Desk Co., Jasper Seating, and Kimball International.

first appeared: 12/15/2002

The first automobile produced by South Bend-based Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co. in 1902 was powered by electricity and had a top speed of 13 mph.

first appeared: 12/8/2002

The 1887 discovery of natural gas in Harrisburg sparked the town’s re-naming to Gas City (pop. 5,940).

first appeared: 12/1/2002

The 1811 Salisbury courthouse in Centerville (pop. 2,427) is the only remaining log cabin courthouse in the Northwest Territory—which included Indiana prior to statehood.

first appeared: 11/24/2002

Elkhart, which toots its horn as the Band Instrument Capital of the World, is home to several musical instrument companies—including Selmer and United Musical Instruments—which employ nearly 2,000 people. Each summer, 500 community volunteers orchestrate a jazz festival attracting 20,000 fans.

first appeared: 11/17/2002

Dr. William P. Woods, an Evansville surgeon, became the first president of the International Association of Lions Clubs in 1917.

first appeared: 11/10/2002

Battle Ground (pop. 1,323) is named after the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, in which troops led by Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated an American Indian confederation.

first appeared: 11/3/2002

Since 1899, Clabber Girl Baking Powder has been manufactured by Hulman & Co. in Terre Haute, making the Clabber Girl one of the country’s oldest trademarks.

first appeared: 10/27/2002

In an 1851 editorial in the Terre Haute Express, John Soule wrote, “Go west, young man, and grow up with the country,” but the quote often is attributed to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley.

first appeared: 10/20/2002

Librarians and patrons of the 1885 Willard Library in Evansville have reported sightings of a ghost, called the “Gray Lady,” since the 1930s. The library set up a webcam for the curious.

first appeared: 10/13/2002

Developed by the state in the 1970s and 1980s, the Hoosier Bikeway System provides 800 miles of bike routes across 31 counties.

first appeared: 10/6/2002

Motorists used gas lamps, candles, and oil lamps for night driving before Carl G. Fisher manufactured the first practical sealed-beam gas headlight, Prest-O-Lite, in 1904 in Indianapolis. Fisher was born Jan. 12, 1874, in Greensburg (pop. 10,260).

first appeared: 9/29/2002

From 1916 to 1934, musicians bopped to Gennett Record Co. in Richmond (pop. 39,124) to make recordings. They included Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael, and Tommy Dorsey.

first appeared: 9/22/2002

In the 1870s, aspen trees sprouted from the roof of the Decatur County Courthouse in Greensburg (pop. 10,260). The freak trees continue to grow 110 feet above the ground and to change foliage with the seasons.

first appeared: 9/15/2002

Col. Harland Sanders, creator of Kentucky Fried Chicken, was born Sept. 9, 1890, in Henryville (pop. 1,545).

first appeared: 9/8/2002

In 1988, Brett Law of Sheridan High School in Sheridan (pop. 2,520) scored 66 touchdowns and 453 points, a state and national high school football record.

first appeared: 9/1/2002

Capt. Meriwether Lewis arrived at the Falls of the Ohio River in Clarksville (pop. 21,400) Oct. 14, 1803, to meet his traveling companion, William Clark, and begin their epic westward journey across the continent.

first appeared: 8/25/2002

America’s first major automobile race, the 25-mile Cobe Cup Race, was held June 19, 1909, in Crown Point (pop. 19,806) and is re-enacted with vintage vehicles every year.

first appeared: 8/18/2002

The state’s first cookbook, Mrs. Collins’ Table Receipts Adapted to Western Housewifery, was published in 1851 by J.N.O. Nunemacher in New Albany (pop. 37,603).

first appeared: 8/11/2002

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