October  21, 1794 The U.S. Army moves into a new stockade fort named for General Anthony Wayne.  It grows to become Indiana’s second largest city in Indiana.

October 23, 1933 John Dillinger and his gang rob Central National Bank, in Greencastle.

October 23, 1910 Blanche Scott becomes the first woman to fly at a public event in the US at Fort Wayne.

October 24, 1999 Market Square Arena closes in Indianapolis.  It is demolished in 2001

October 26, 1803 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off down the Ohio River from Clarksville to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Northwest Territory.  The journey would take them all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Lebanon of a Lebanon Police Department vehicle.

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Northern lights captured over Central Indiana

Both photos were taken October 10, in Lebanon.

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.Carl Fisher was instrumental in building what Indianapolis landmark?

2.The Hickory Huskers starred in the movie “Hoosiers.” You can visit their home gym in what Indiana city?

3. What iconic bottle was created in Terre Haute?

4. Fort Wayne has a Class A minor league baseball team called the “TinCaps.” What is the origin of the name?

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Answers

1. Indianapolis Motor Speedway

2. Knightstown, IN

3. Coca-Cola

4. The team is named for Johnny Appleseed who settled in the Fort Wayne area and in a Disney movie is depicted as wearing a cooking pot for a hat.

“What’s remarkable about old age is not that we wear out but that we last so long in the grip of gravity.”

― Scott Russell Sanders, 

A Private History of Awe

Hoosier Native and Indiana Author Awards Winner, 2024