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 31, 1928, canned tomato juice was offered for the first time by the Kemp Brothers of Kokomo, in response to a physician’s need for baby food.
September 2, 1911, Madame C. J. Walker applied for incorporation of her cosmetics company in Indianapolis. She became the first woman millionaire in the U.S.
September 2, 1925, Governor Ed Jackson made the first purchase of 106 acres for land that would become Dunes State Park.
September 4, 1972, Swimmer Mark Spitz of Indiana University won his 7th gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Munich. He set new world records in all seven events in which he competed
Where in Indiana
Do you know where this photo was taken?
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1. Who is the “bird woman” who made an Indiana swamp famous?
2. Who is the gentleman from Kokomo who invented stainless steel and the horseless carriage?
3. Who is the Crawfordsville native that authored The Hoosiers and The House of a Thousand Candles.
4. Who is the Hoosier farm boy that became America’s favorite WWII war correspondent? Answers Below
Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Vevay, along the Ohio River.
