This will make the women swoon for me: (he he he)
Subject: INDIANA
Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick,
Indiana, hotel in 1925.
The first tomato juice factory was also in French
Lick, IN.
The first regulated speed limit (20 - 25 mph!) was
initiated on Indiana
roads in 1921.
The steepest railroad grade in the world is in
Madison, Indiana.
An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each
year in Indiana.
There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United
States. One is in the White House and the other in the Diner Home in
Indiana.
Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert
Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest
Hospital in the Midwest.
One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis
was in the home of
Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Bing
Crosby-Bob Hope Road
Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at
Purdue University.
Crown Hill Cemetery ( Indianapolis ) is the largest
cemetery in the U.S.
Wabash, Indiana, was the first electrified city in
the U.S.
The Courthouse roof in Greensburg , Indiana, has a
tree growing from it.
The world's first transistor radio was made in
Indianapolis.
Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (born in Fort
Wayne, IN) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond,
Indiana.
Elkhart, Indiana, is the band instrument capitol of
the World.
Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band
at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.
U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana
(231miles).
Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood
summers at the Church of
God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.
The main station of the Underground Railroad was in
Fountain County, Indiana
There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails
at the Indianapolis
Museum of Art.
La Porte County is the only county in America having
2 functioning
courthouses. (I think we can add Vanderburgh and
Elkhart Counties in with
that also.)
Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County,
Indiana.
Crawfordsville, Indiana ( Montgomery County ) is the
only site in the world
where crinoids are found. (What is a crinoid, you
ask? A form of deep-water
marine life that looks something like a starfish.)
Pendleton, Indiana, was the site of the 'Fall Creek
Massacre'. A museum
housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now
exists on that site.
A Buzz Bomb (German - WWII), believed to be the only
one on public display
in the nation, can be found on the Putnam County
Courthouse lawn in
Greencastle.
James Dean was born and is buried in Indiana.
The world's tallest woman lives in Indiana.
Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana.
May West and Claude Akins were from Bedford,
Indiana.
Forrest Tucker was from Pendleton, Indiana.
You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So how does it get
here?)
Bob Greise is from Evansville, Indiana and was
quarterback at Purdue
University in West Lafayette, IN.
Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from
Indiana.
Oprah Winfrey built her residence in N/W Indiana.
90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.
The Jackson Five are from Gary , Indiana.
The birthplace of the automobile, the pneumatic
rubber tire, the aluminum casting process, stainless steel and the first
push-button car radio was in Kokomo, Indiana.
Pretty neat, huh? And you thought there was only
corn in Indiana
(not sure about that crinoid thing....I'm from that area and I never saw one
