Subject:  Not Just Corn In Indiana

I'll bet you didn't know......

Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick Hotel in 1925.

The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State

University in Muncie, Indiana.

The first regulated speed limit on Indiana roads was initiated in 1921.

20 - 25 mph!!!

An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in Indiana.

The city of Gary, Indiana was built on fill brought from the bottom of 

Lake 

Michigan through suction pipes.

There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States. One is in the

White House and the other in the Diner Home in Indiana.

Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and

cargo planes during World War II.

The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital in the

Midwest.

One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of

Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.

The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Crosby-Hope Road Movies)

was launched in Indianapolis.

Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University.

Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.

The library in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana houses one of the

largest genealogy libraries in America.

Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.

Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a white man

for killing Indians.

The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree growing from it.

The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.

Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a Hoosier) honeymooned at Lake

Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.

The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana.

Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.

Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Lyric 

Theater

in Indianapolis.

U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231 miles).

Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church

of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.

The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County,

Indiana

There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis

Museum of Art.

La Porte County is the only county in America having 2 functioning

Courthouses.

Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.

Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only site in the

World where Crinoids are found.

The Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Allen County, contains the world's

largest private collection of President Abraham Lincoln mementos

(Lincoln National Life Insurance Company).

Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the "Fall Creek Massacre". A museum

housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.

St. Meinrad Archabbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only 2

archabbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. (Abbey Press is an

operation of the archabbey.)

A Buzz Bomb (German - WWII), believed to be the only one on public 

display 

in the Nation, can be found on the Putnam County Courthouse lawn in 

Greencastle

Roberta Turpin Willett was born in Indiana.

Red Skelton was born in Indiana.

May West  was from Bedford, Indiana.

Forrest Tucker - He was from Pendleton, Indiana.

You can't ship wine to Indiana. (???????So how does it get here???????)

Bob Greise is from Indiana. (Old Purdue Boy)

Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.

Oprah Winfrey ownes a home in Indiana.

John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.

The much sought after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.

90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.

The Jackson Five are from Indiana as well as "Super Fan" Russ McLeod.

Florence Henderson is from Indiana.

The birthplace of the Automobile, Pneumatic Rubber Tire, The Aluminum 

Casting Process, Stainless Steel and the first push-button car radio 

was in 

Kokomo Indiana.

Interesting, huh?????

And you thought there was only corn in Indiana.