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More than 100 classic and antique automobiles are displayed at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn (pop. 10,533). The museum is in the original 1930 art deco building and factory showroom of the former Auburn Automobile Co.

first appeared: 1/21/2001

In 1991, the American Institute of Architects ranked Columbus (pop. 32,963) sixth in the nation for its architectural quality. Prominent architects such as I.M. Pei have designed schools, churches, and other buildings in the town.

first appeared: 1/14/2001

In 1907, impressionist painter T.C. Steele and his wife, Selma, purchased 211 acres in Brown County and built their home—House of the Singing Winds—which is now a state historic site.

first appeared: 1/7/2001

Ernie Taylor Pyle, the popular World War II newspaper correspondent, was born Aug. 3, 1900, on a farm near Dana (pop. 557). Today, the home where he was born is a state historic site.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

The Hoosier National Forest was created during the Depression of the 1930s. The federal government purchased 193,000 acres of private farmland in hopes of restoring badly eroded soils.

first appeared: 12/24/2000

Madame C.J. Walker, one of the first businesswomen to become a millionaire, made her fortune in the 1910s by manufacturing hair-care products in Indianapolis for African American women.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

Kokomo (pop. 45,875) is named after a Miami Indian chief. The name is believed to mean black walnut.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

McCormick's Creek near Spencer (pop. 3,015) was Indiana—s first state park. Created on July 4, 1916, the park features unique limestone formations, scenic waterfalls, and miles of hiking trails.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

Schimpff’s Confectionery has been producing fine handmade candies in downtown Jeffersonville (pop. 25,787) since 1891.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

The Reno Gang conducted the first known train robbery in the United States on Oct. 6, 1866, when armed members boarded an Ohio & Mississippi Railway train near Seymour and stole about $16,000 from a safe.

first appeared: 11/19/2000

New Harmony (pop. 809) was settled in 1814 by a religious group from Germany interested in creating utopia in southwest Indiana. The Harmonie Society purchased 30,000 acres and grew to more than 700 members before the group moved to Pennsylvania in 1825 and sold the entire town to another group experimenting with utopian ideas.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle (pop. 17,293) honors a century of Hoosier high school players and coaches. The 14,000-square-foot brick and glass museum contains memorabilia, artifacts, photographs, and displays honoring the state’s favorite game.

first appeared: 11/5/2000

The only Civil War battle in Indiana occurred in Corydon (pop. 2,652) on July 9, 1863. Confederate raiders attacked the town and occupied it before moving north and being captured.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

The historic Log Inn, an eatery Near haubstadt, ranked first in the 1999 edition of Indiana’s Favorite Hometown Restaurants, up from the No. 2 spot in 1995. The restaurant, known for its family-style fried chicken dinners, was built as a stagecoach stop in 1825. Abraham Lincoln reportedly visited there in 1844 on his way home to Illinois from Evansville, where he’d been campaigning for Henry Clay.

first appeared: 10/8/2000

The southern Indiana town of Corydon (pop. 2,652) was the state capital from 1816 until 1824, when the seat of government was moved to the more central location of Indianapolis. The original capitol building is a historic site open to the public and maintained by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

Comedian Red Skelton was born July 18, 1913, in Vincennes, two months after the death of his father. He joined a medicine show at the age of 10 and went on to star in 48 motion pictures and compose more than 8,000 songs.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

Levi and Catherine Coffin’s home in Newport (now Fountain City) was the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad. The Coffins lived in Newport from 1839 to 1847 and helped nearly 2,000 slaves reach safety. Simeon and Rachael Halliday, characters in the classic book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, are based on the Coffins.

first appeared: 8/27/2000

Famed American poet James Whitcomb Riley was born Oct. 7, 1849, in a log cabin in Greenfield. At the time, the village’s Main Street was the wood-planked National Road. Riley’s father was a frontier lawyer who named his son after Indiana’s former governor, James Whitcomb.

first appeared: 8/13/2000

The world’s largest exposed coral reef (fossil bed) is located along the banks of the Ohio River near Clarksville. The reef is 350 million years old and is now part of the Falls of the Ohio State Park and Wildlife Conservation Area.

first appeared: 7/30/2000

Indiana adopted the cardinal as its state bird in 1933. However, it wasn’t the first—or last—state to adopt the cardinal as an official symbol. Kentucky adopted the bird in 1926; Illinois, 1929; Ohio, 1933; North Carolina, 1943; West Virginia, 1949; and Virginia, 1950.

first appeared: 7/16/2000

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