July 2, 1937  The last radio contact was made by Amelia Earhart, flying a twin-engine Lockheed Electra airplane owned by Purdue University.

July 4, 1908 The Monroe County courthouse, in Bloomington, was dedicated. The courthouse cost $188,000 to build.

July 4,  1894 Elwood Haynes demonstrated his newly-invented horseless carriage by taking a six-mile drive on Pumpkinvine Pike in Kokomo. The car reached a speed of six or seven miles per hour.

July 8, 1938  Julia Carson, born in Louisville, Kentucky. Representative Carson represented Indiana’s 7th congressional district from 1997 until her death in 2007.

Our Where in Indiana from last week was a photo of Musée de Venoge in Vevay.

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Indiana Statehouse Tour Office

Indiana Department of Administration

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Indiana Quick Quiz

1. The first successful commercial vineyards in the nation, were in which Indiana city?

2. What product did Frank B. Shields, of Indianapolis, invent in 1913?

3. Name the Hoosier who invented fiberglass?

4. Who is the Hoosier, who invented the pull tabs on the tops of soft drink and beer cans?

Answers Below

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Answers

1. Created by Swiss settlers, they were in Vevay.

2. Barbasol shaving cream

3. Doctor Games Slayter of Argos

4. Ermal Cleon Fraze of Delaware County.