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Offers a chronological timeline of important dates, events, and milestones in Indiana history. Prehistoric Native Americans arrive in the area that would be Indiana around 11,000BCE. Some of the prehistoric people are hunters-gatherers while others are farmers.
The history of human activity in Indiana, a U.S. state in the Midwest, stems back to the migratory tribes of Native Americans who inhabited Indiana as early as 8000 BC. Tribes succeeded one another in dominance for several thousand years and reached their peak of development during the period of Mississippian culture.
Indiana holds first General Assembly under 1816 Constitution (Barnhart and Riker, 461). 1816 December 2: Indiana congressmen and senators present when U.S. Congress opens (Esarey, 101). 1816 December 11: President Madison approves Indiana's admission into union as 19th state (Hawkins, 95). 1818 December 3: Illinois becomes 21st state (Carruth ...
Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Indiana. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
Increasing numbers of white immigrants from Southern states entered the area after 1800, leading to renewed native resistance. In 1811 the last major encounter, the Battle of Tippecanoe, was fought near Lafayette, with Gen. William Henry Harrison the victor.
1. The Indiana Territory, which contained present-day Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota, was formed in 1800 from the Northwest Territory. Indiana means “Land of the Indians.” 2. We moved our capital twice. Vincennes was the first capital of the Indiana Territory. It was moved to Corydon in 1813.
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Indiana including early explorers, Native Americans, settlers, Pontiac's War, Tecumseh's War, and becoming a state.
With a name that is generally thought to mean “land of the Indians,” Indiana was admitted on Dec. 11, 1816, as the 19th state of the union. Its capital has been in Indianapolis since 1825. Date...
Thoroughly documented using a wealth of primary sources, the History of Indiana series gives detailed perspectives on the people who developed the state and shows how events such as the Civil War and the Great Depression affected the lives of Hoosiers.
The Indiana Historical Bureau has produced several major timelines. Most recent issues of the magazine, The Indiana Historian , contain a timeline on a specific topic putting Indiana events into a national and world context.