Interesting Facts about Indiana

After reviewing some facts about our great state of Indiana, I found some quite interesting and fun facts about Indiana, that I would never expect to find. The most interesting fact that I found was that our state was the first to have electric streetlights; so basically our very own state invented the use of the much needed street lights. Another very interesting and unique fact about Indiana is that it is the hometown and birthplace of the oh so famous and funny David Letterman. Also, I found that the city of Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time; how ironic is that? Some other fun facts about Indiana are the following:
-Birthday: December 11, 1816, the 19th state
-North of Lafayette is the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe, where on November 7, 1811, William --Henry Harrison's forces defeated the Native American confederacy formed by the famous Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
-Corydon was the scene of the only Civil War battle on Indiana ground. The battle was fought July 9, 1863 when General John Hunt Morgan attacked the city.
-Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial place for many famous figures in Indiana History. Benjamin Harrison, Oliver P. Morton, Kin Hubbard, James Whitcomb Riley and John Dillinger are among those buried here.
*Total Population as of 2005: 6,271,973; this is a huge amount of people.
Well, I have done enough blogging for one day, I will continue my awesome blogging soon.
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