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Elihu Stout published the first newspaper in the Indiana Territory in 1804 at Vincennes. The Indiana Gazette debuted on July 31, 1804. Fire destroyed the printing presses in 1806, but Stout revived the newspaper as the Western Sun in 1807. [23] [24] Vincennes served as the first capital of Indiana Territory until it was moved to Corydon on May ...
The licenses of a southern Indiana funeral home and its director have been revoked following an investigation that found 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains being stored at the facility, the ...
The Vincennes Sun-Commercial is a newspaper in the city of Vincennes, Indiana, United States. It is currently a member of the Hoosier State Press Association. The newspaper was originally created by Elihu Stout in 1804, and is the first newspaper in the state of Indiana. In 2004 the Vincennes sun-commercial was recognized by the Indiana General ...
The 26-room home was one of the first brick structures in the territory; [44] and it served as a center of social and political life in the territory during his tenure as governor. [45] Harrison founded a university at Vincennes in 1801, which was incorporated as Vincennes University on November 29, 1806. [46]
Dan Quayle, former U.S. senator from Indiana (1981–1989) and 44th Vice President of the United States under George HW Bush(Huntington and Indianapolis) John Rarick, former U.S. representative from Louisiana; Alice Rivlin, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve (Bloomington)
Vincennes Historic District is a national historic district located at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. The district encompasses 1,161 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 9 contributing structures, and 37 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Vincennes.
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The state of Indiana chose to build a memorial to General Clark's triumph in the 1930s, with the assistance of the United States government; the various funds amounted to $2.5 million. The memorial was designed by New York architect Frederic Charles Hirons and dedicated June 14, 1936, by President Franklin Roosevelt.