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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 the Mississippian cu
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Indiana is the fifth largest corn-producing state in the U.S., with over a billion bushels harvested in 2013. [187] In 2017, Indiana had a civilian labor force of nearly 3.4 million, the 15th largest in the United States. Indiana has an unemployment rate of 3.4%, lower than the national average. [188]
The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by an organic act that President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, [1] to form an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1800, to December 11, 1816, when the remaining southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Indiana. [2]
While the Marion County Temperance Society (1828), the Indianapolis Benevolent Society (1835), and the Indianapolis Widows and Orphans Friends' Society (1851), addressed the town's early social concerns, the Indiana State Library (1825) and the Indiana Historical Society (1830) were formed to preserve state and local history. [63]
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 grants Indiana to the United Kingdom; Indiana becomes part of the British (Francophone) Province of Quebec, 1763–1783 Indiana is part of protected native lands, and closed to settlement. 1769-1773; American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
From there he got his first head job, at Indiana (Pa.), where his father, Frank, went 182-50-1 across 20 seasons. Curt Cignetti never had a losing season in Indiana, across six in charge. In fact ...
The original 1816 Constitution of Indiana provided for the election of a governor and a lieutenant governor every three years, limited to six years out of any nine-year period. [12] The second and current constitution of 1851 lengthened terms to four years and set the commencement of the governor's term on the second Monday in the January ...