:: State Of Indiana Facts ::
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Indiana Population: Approximately 6,080,485
Indiana State Bird: Cardinal
Indiana State Flower: Peony
Indiana State Motto: "The Crossroads of America"
Indiana State Nickname: "The Hoosier State"
Origin Of State's Name: "Land of the Indians"
Indiana State Song: "On the Banks of the Wabash" by Paul Dresser
Indiana State Tree: Yellow Poplar
Indiana Agriculture: Corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy products, eggs.
Indiana Industries: Steel, electric equipment, transportation equipment, chemical products, petroleum and coal products, machinery.
Famous Hoosiers:
Alfred Bertram Guthrie author, Bedford
Andrew J. Moyer inventor, Star City
Anne Baxter actress, Michigan City
Bill Blass fashion designer, Fort Wayne
Bernard F. Gimbel merchant, Vincennes
Booth Tarkington author, Indianapolis
Buck Jones actor, Vincennes
Carole Lombard actress, Fort Wayne
Cole Porter songwriter, Peru
David Letterman TV host, comedian, Indianapolis
Eli Lilly pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis
Ernest Taylor Pyle journalist, Dana
Eugene V. Debs Socialist leader, Terre Haute
Forrest Tucker actor, Plainfield
George Ade humorist, Kentland
Harold C. Urey physicist, Walkerton
Hoagy Carmichael songwriter, Bloomington
J. Danforth Quayle vice president, Indianapolis
James Dean actor, Marion
James R. Hoffa labor leader, Brazil
James McCracken tenor, Gary
James Whitcomb Riley poet, Greenfield
Jane Pauley journalist, Indianapolis
Jessamyn West author, North Vernon
Jim Davis, Garfield cartoonist
Joaquin Miller poet, Liberty
John Cougar Mellencamp singer,songwriter, Seymour
John Milton Hay statesman, Salem
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. author, Indianapolis
Larry Bird basketball player, French Lick
Leon Ames actor, Portland
Marjorie Main actress, Acton
Michael Jackson singer, Gary
Ned Rorem composer, Richmond
Paul Osborn playwright, Evansville
Phil Harris actor, band leader, Linton
Red Skelton comedian, Vincennes
Rex Stout mystery writer, Noblesville
Shelley Long actress, Fort Wayne
Theodore Dreiser writer, Terre Haute
Twyla Tharp dancer, choreographer, Portland
Virgil Grissom astronaut, Mitchell
Wendell Willkie lawyer, Elwood
Wilbur Wright inventor, Millville
Willis Van Devanter Supreme Court justice, Marion
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