While the 1977 plane crash that killed the University of Evansville basketball team is infamous, Indiana has been the site of several notable air disasters.
Although mandated by Indiana's constitution, state-funded elementary education remained largely theoretical in Indiana for most of the nineteenth century.
The first African-American to represent Indianapolis in Washington was also the Circle City’s first Congresswoman.
In 1942, the construction of a shipyard on the Ohio riverfront heightened Evansville’s stature as a manufacturer of military equipment.
The design that turned out to be Saarinen’s last is distinguished by its hexagonal shape, 192-foot spire, and central hexagonal sky light.