March 26, 2007

Vigo Bioweapons Plant

Current events have reacquainted Hoosiers with the state’s role in the history of US manufacture of chemical weapons. Since 2005, the Army has been neutralizing a stockpile of V-X nerve agent that had been made and stored at the Newport Chemical Depot since the 60s.

January 29, 2007

Crossroads of America

Although it’s certainly not the geographic center of the continental United States, the state of Indiana has nonetheless played the role of “The Crossroads of America”.

October 2, 2006

The Hulman Legacy

By 1899, Herman Hulman had introduced Clabber Girl Baking Powder, which became a regional bakers' favorite.

July 3, 2006

Earthquakes in Indiana

Tornadoes might seem to be the most potentially damaging natural phenomena to those in the Hoosier state, but the threat of earthquakes looms large in Indiana.

April 24, 2006

The Canal Era

Inspired by George Washington's idea of linking the east to the midwest, early Indiana leaders set about the construction of the Wabash and Erie Canal.

November 28, 2005

Eugene V. Debs

Eugene Victor Debs was a lifelong resident of Terre Haute. Having dropped out of school at an early age, Debs first worked on the railroad as a fireman. The bonds that he forged with his fellow workers shaped his lifelong philosophy, expressed in one of Debs’ famous court speeches — “While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it. While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”