Indiana

Indiana:

Senators: ASMITH F8 (I), DSPRAGUE D4 (R)

Representatives: PHORAN D1 (D), AJONES D1 (I), LBOWEN D6 (I), JBRUDER D8 (I)

Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session. (ASmith) Liquor stores may not sell milk. (ASmith) In Indiana it is illegal for a parent to drink beer if his or her child is present. (ASmith) Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide. (ASmith) If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices. (ASmith) Indiana was the 19th state added to the union in 1816. (PHORAN) All residents of Indiana are known as Hoosiers. The origin of the name is unknown. (PHORAN) The state's name means "land of the indians". (PHORAN) Indiana produced 24% of the nations steel in 1999, the most of any state. (PHORAN) With about 6.3 million residents, Indiana is ranked 15th in population and 17th in population density. (PHORAN) Indiana has more than six-million residents. (AJONES) 1. 88% of Indiana's residents are Caucasian, 8% of the residents are African American, 4% are Native American, Asian Americans, or those of multiple race. Hispanics make up about 3% of the population. (LBowen) 2. More than 16 million acres of farmland are under cultivation. (In Indiana) (LBowen) 3. Some crops grown in Indiana are spearmint and peppermint. Indiana is one of the few states that grows these crops. (LBowen) 4. Indiana has a labor force of 2.9 million people. Of those people, 25% work in service industries, close to 23% are in manufacturing, more than 23% work in trade, and almost 14% are in government. (LBowen) 1. Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 7 years old. He lived most of his boyhood life in Spencer County with his parents Thomas and Nancy.(DSprague) 2. Explorers Lewis and Clark set out from Fort Vincennes on their exploration of the Northwest Territory. (DSprague) 3. During WWII the P-47 fighter-plane was manufactured in Evansville at Republic Aviation. (DSprague) 4. The first long-distance auto race in the U. S. was held May 30, 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winner averaged 75 miles an hour and won a 1st place prize of $14,000. Today the average speed is over 167 miles an hour and the prize is more than $1.2 million. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the site of the greatest spectacle in sports, the Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500 is held every Memorial Day weekend in the Hoosier capital city. The race is 200 laps or 500 miles long.(DSprague) 1. More interstate Highways cross Indianapolis than in any other city in the U.S. (JBruder) 2. Indiana gets the nickname of Hoosiers from when Indiana rivermen were so spectacularly successful in trouncing or "hushing" their adversairies in brawling that they became known as the "hushers" and eventually the Hoosiers. (JBruder) 3.More than 100 species of trees are native to Indiana. Before the pioneers arrived more than 80% of Indiana was covered in forest, now only 17% of the state is considered forest. (JBruder) 4.Allthough Indiana means "land of the Indians" there were fewer than 8,000 Natives living there. (JBruder) 5. In the 1830's canals were dug linking the Great Lakes to Indiana's river systems. The canals proved to be a financial disaster. Railroads made the canal system obsolete even before its completion. (JBruder)