Indiana Statehouse Tour Office
Guided tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Friday.
For more information contact us.
(317) 233-5293 Estanley@idoa.in.gov
August 4,1823 Oliver Morton was born in Wayne County. The first Indiana governor to be born in the Hoosier State, he was chief executive during the Civil War and later served as United States Senator.
August 5, 1882 James Whitcomb Riley’s poem When the Frost is on the Punkinwas published, becoming one of his most popular works.
August 6, 1994 The First Brickyard 400 race was run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winner was Jeff Gordon.
August 7, 1908The Fisher and Bradshaw Company of Delphi, Indiana, built the first school bus. Called a “school hack,” it was a closed-body horse-drawn wagon.
Where in Indiana
Do you know where this photo was taken?
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1. What fruit did Indiana pioneers rely on?
2. Completed in 1888, which building was one of the first large buildings to use Indiana limestone?
3. Which Indiana city is known as the first city in the world to be lighted by electricity?
4. Which Indiana city was the first to install gas streetlights? Answers Below
Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Auburn, IN of the Eckhart Public Library.
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