These days, traveling from Corydon to Indianapolis is a two hour affair, but two centuries ago it took a band of pioneers the better part of two weeks.
A forlorn rag doll found in an Indianapolis attic was rechristened with the names of two of James Whitcomb Riley's characters to become Raggedy Ann.
A pioneering opera company earned South Bend, Indiana a place in the annals of both opera and African American cultural history.
Before taking to the skies, Blanche Stuart Scott was renowned as the first woman to drive an automobile from coast to coast.