Moment of Indiana History
shows Archive
June 20, 2005
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Belle Gunness
A Scandinavian immigrant to Indiana is remembered as one of the most monstrous figures in American criminal history. The woman who came to be known as Belle Gunness arrived in in 1881.
June 13, 2005
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Whitewater Canal
As settlers occupied the Northwest Territory, the need for transportation in Indiana was high. The Indiana Internal Improvements Act of 1836 helped, by constructing the Whitewater Canal.
June 6, 2005
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Camp Chesterfield
Camp Chesterfield in Madison County, Indiana is the home of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists where communication with the spirit world is embraced.
May 23, 2005
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Eli Lilly
Colonel Eli Lilly was a pharmaceutical chemist who had served as a Union officer in the Civil War. Dismayed by the ineffectiveness of the drugs in his day, he started Eli Lilly and Co.
May 16, 2005
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Culbertson Mansion
William S. Culbertson was once considered the wealthiest man in Indiana. He settled in New Albany, Indiana and amassed a fortune that in today’s today’s economy would equal about $61 million.
May 9, 2005
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Windell Willkie
Born in Elwood, Indiana in 1892, Wendell Willkie, attended Indiana University, became an attorney, a businessman and an unexpected presidential candidate.
May 2, 2005
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Covered Bridges
In the early 1830s, the first National Road crossed Indiana, ushering in the era of covered bridges. The first Hoosier covered bridge, in Henry County, was completed in 1835.
April 25, 2005
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T.C. Steele
Theodore Clement “T.C.” Steele is part of the “Hoosier Group of impressionist painters” that transformed art in Indiana by promoting the idea of painting “out in the open.”
April 18, 2005
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Gus Grissom
Virgil “Gus” Grissom from Mitchell, Indiana graduated from Purdue University, joined the Air Force, and went on to become one of the nation’s seven original Mercury astronauts.
April 11, 2005
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Mound Builders
During the Dark Ages, a Native American culture, known today as the Mississippian Moundbuilders, thrived in what is now the Angel Mounds State Historic Site in Evansville.
