Indiana Statehouse Tour Office
Guided tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Friday.
August 11,1810, William Henry Harrison met with Shawnee Chief Tecumseh at the governor’s home in Vincennes. Tecumseh expressed his disapproval of a recent treaty, which gave the U.S. a large tract of Native American land in Central Indiana.
August 11, 1884, Maurice Clifford Townsend was born in Blackford County, Indiana. Starting as a teacher, he entered politics and was elected Governor in 1936. During his administration driving exams were instituted and all school buses were painted yellow as a safety measure.
August 13, 2011, Wind gusts from an approaching thunderstorm caused a stage to collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Seven people were killed and 58 were injured.
August 15, 1934, Bobby Helms was born in Martinsville. He became a popular star of early rock and roll, recording such hit songs as My Special Angel and Jingle Bell Rock.
Where in Indiana
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1. Which Indianapolis building was opened August 16, 2008?
2. What building was replaced by Lucas Oil Stadium?
3. Who is the Indiana born person who won the one-mile world championship in bicycling at Montreal, on August 10, 1899?
4.Born in Clinton County on August 12, 1889, who is the author of the Dick and Jane school books? Answers Below
Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Madison, IN.
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