November 8, 1904  Charles W. Fairbanks, U.S. Senator from Indiana, was elected Vice-President of the United States under Theodore Roosevelt.  The city in Alaska was named for him.

November 11, 1918  The Armistice was signed to end World War I.  More than 130,000 soldiers from Indiana had served.

November 6, 1917 Edgar Whitcomb, American politician and Governor of Indiana (1969-73), born in Hayden, Indiana.

November 11, 1922 Kurt Vonnegut American author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan), born in Indianapolis, IN.

November 11, 1875 Vesto Slipher, American astronomer who provided the first evidence to support the expanding-universe theory, born in Mulberry, Indiana.

Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Oolitic, Lawrence County, IN of the Empire quarry. Limestone from this quarry was used to build the Empire State Building in New York.

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Indiana Statehouse Tour Office

Indiana Department of Administration

Guided Tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Saturday.  For more information, contact us.

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Indiana Quick Quiz

1. What was advertised in 1911 as an all-in-one package, so housewives could save “miles of steps” by not having to run around the kitchen?

2. What is  the Company that relocated to Muncie, from Buffalo, NY during the Gas Boom? This company soon became the largest glass canning-jar factory in the world.

3. Can you name the railroad bridge, built in 1906 in Greene County that is one of the largest of this type in the world?

4. What is the form of electric powered transportation that opened in the 1890’s that allowed Hoosiers to travel between towns and cities?

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1. The Hoosier Cabinet

2. Ball Brothers

3. Tulip Trestle or the Greene County Viaduct

4. Interurbans