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Facts about Indiana -Some things you didn't know!

• Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick Hotel in 1925.
• The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
• The first regulated speed limit on Indiana roads was initiated in 1921. 20 - 25 mph!!
• An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in Indiana.
• The city of Gary, Indiana was built on fill brought from the bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.
• There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States. One is in the
• White House and the other in the Diner Home in Indiana.
• Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
• The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital in the Midwest.
• One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
• The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Crosby-Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
• Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University.
• Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.
• The library in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana houses one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.
• Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.
• Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing Indians.
• The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree growing from it.
• The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.
• Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a Hoosier) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
• The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana.
• Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.
• Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the LyricTheater in Indianapolis.
• Purdue Alumnus, Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of Agriculture.
• U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231 miles).
• Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.
• The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County, Indiana.
• There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
• La Porte County is the only county in America having 2 functioning Courthouses.
• Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.
• Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only site in the World where Crinoids are found.
• The Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Allen County, contains the world's largest private collection of President Abraham Lincoln mementos (Lincoln National Life Insurance Company).
• Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the "Fall Creek Massacre". A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.
• St. Meinrad Archabbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only 2 archabbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. (Abbey Press is an operation of the archabbey.)
• A Buzz Bomb (German - WWII), believed to be the only one on public display in the Nation, can be found on the Putnam County Courthouse lawn in Greencastle.
• Roberta Turpin Willett was born in Indiana.
• Red Skelton was born in Indiana.
• May West was from Bedford, Indiana.
• Forrest Tucker - He was from Pendleton, Indiana.
• You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So how does it get here???) By Truck
• Bob Greise is from Indiana. (Old Purdue Boy)
• Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.
• Oprah Winfrey built her residence in Indiana. In LaPorte, Indiana.
• John Mellencamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.
• The much sought after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.
• 90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana. Orville Redenbacher was a Hoosier and his family still lives in Evansville, Indiana.
• The Jackson Five are from Indiana as well as "Super Fan" Russ McLeod.
• Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
• The birthplace of the Automobile, Pneumatic Rubber Tire, The Aluminum Casting Process, Stainless Steel and the first push-button car radio was in Kokomo, Indiana.

Pretty neat, huh?????

And you thought there was only corn in Indiana.

AND NOW YOU KNOW!