1811     Robert Fulton’s “New Orleans” passed Madison, Indiana.  It was the first steamboat on the Ohio River.

1912     The Chambers Company of Shelbyville began producing sturdy and stylish stoves that were sold throughout the nation.  The company introduced many innovations in cooking and won national and international awards.

1928     Daisy Riley Lloyd was born in Kansas.  She attended Howard University and went on to receive her doctorate at Purdue University.  In Indiana, she became a leader in desegregation and community improvement.  In 1965, she became the first African American woman elected to the Indiana General Assembly.

1933     John Dillinger and his gang raided the police station in Auburn, Indiana.  They stole a submachine gun, rifles, pistols, and 1000 rounds of ammunition. 

1948     President Harry Truman gave a major campaign address at the Indiana World War Memorial.  He was introduced to a crowd of over 200,000 by Indianapolis Mayor Al Feeney.  Later the President visited the Masonic Hall in Beech Grove.

1969     Robert Merrill, star baritone of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, was the guest soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.  Maestro Izler Solomon, in his 14^th year as ISO conductor, introduced Merrill to the capacity crowd at Clowes Hall.  Indianapolis News reviewer Charles Staff reported that the famous baritone “charmed listeners out of their seats.”

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     Take the first letter of each answer below and shuffle the letters until you find the five-letter name of a city which serves as an Indiana county seat.

One a day will keep the doctor away

Don’t forget to dot this letter

The 12th letter of the alphabet

Harrisburg is the capital of this state

An eye doctor

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Take an “armchair tour” of the Indiana Statehouse

Answer:  Paoli, the county seat of Orange County.