This state has 6,195,643 inhabitants who are proud
of their state's rich history. Between 1000 BCE and
700 CE, native peoples settled, grew crops, and began
to build large earthen burial mounds, which can be
seen today at
Mounds State Park in the town of Anderson.
The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the uncharted
West set out from Indiana in 1803. Among early settlers
were the descendents of Abraham Lincoln. The state
figures large in the Underground Railroad with 2,000
escaped slaves having passed through
Quaker Levi Coffin House alone (what is now known
as Fountain City). Indeed, a very interesting learning
experience about the Underground Railroad can be had
at Conner Prairie, north of the capital, Indianapolis.
Here, visitors can participate in an interactive history
program called Follow the North Star, in which they
become runaway slaves and have to cover approximately
two miles of rural and village terrain to escape all
the while encountering people and events that demonstrate
the mood of the 1830s. (Not everyone the participants
encounter is helpful!)
The state also houses the
John Dillinger Museum in Hammond
and the
Medical History Museum in Indianapolis. Many
counties have covered-bridge festivals, giving people
a glimpse of a beautiful form of bygone architecture.
And if you visit the
Willard Library in Evansville,
which happens to be haunted, you may be able to converse
about the old days with spirits that like Indiana so
much, they have no intention of leaving.
Indiana is relatively small (the 38th in size among
the 50 states) and mostly landlocked – having
only approximately 50 miles of shoreline (including
dunes and beach) along Lake Michigan. Its southern
area is hilly, and the expansive central plain area,
with its abundant grain fields, is known as the corn
belt. One of the largest Amish farming settlements
in the USA is found near the northern towns of Elkhart
and Goshen.
It's a four-season state with annual summer temperatures
averaging between 70 to 80F (21 to 27C), plus relatively
high humidity, and winter temperatures averaging between
25 to 35F (4 to 2C).
The state offers many forms of do-it-yourself recreation
– golfing, hiking, horseback riding, skiing,
windsurfing, hayrides, rock climbing – plus the
spectator variety, including the famous
Indianapolis 500 and the
Brickyard 400 car races, the
Indiana Pacers NBA team and the
Indianapolis Colts NFL team.
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