Another Indiana observer later commented, `` Perhaps we shall never know how much was spent ( by Hearst ), but if as much money was expended elsewhere as in Indiana a liberal fortune was squandered ''.

In his fight for the Illinois and Indiana delegations, Hearst made several trips to Chicago to confer with Andrew Lawrence, the former San Francisco Examiner man who was now his Chicago kingpin, and once to meet with Bryan.

He was closely followed by the Ohio and Indiana troops -- thus the old bridge has another distinction ; ;

Thus at the same time that William Henry Harrison was preparing to pacify the aborigines of Indiana Territory and winning fame at the battle of Tippecanoe, Anglo-Saxon settlement made a great leap into the center of the North American continent to the west of the American agricultural frontier.

During the trip Selkirk decided that the route through Illinois territory to Indiana and the eastern United States was the best route for goods from England to reach Red River and that the United States was a better source of supply for many goods than either Canada or England.

The family moved north across the Ohio River to free ( i. e., non-slave ) territory and made a new start in what was then Perry County but is now Spencer County, Indiana.

In Indiana, when Lincoln was nine, his mother Nancy died of milk sickness in 1818.

* Johnny Appleseed John Chapman ( September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 ), also known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

It was one of the principal seats of the glass industry in Indiana – plate glass, lamp chimneys, mirrors, & c., were once manufactured here.

The earliest known record of " Chicano " was thought to be in the late 19th or turn of the 20th century in Northwest Indiana.

Jones was born in Clinton, Indiana.

He later became the Highway Commissioner for the State of Indiana and was assigned to building a highway from Indianapolis, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky.

It was recorded for years in the local history books that the land on which Columbus sits was donated by General Tipton ; however, a deed purporting to show a sale of the land was acquired in 2003 by Historic Columbus Indiana.

Columbus is host to the oldest theater in the State of Indiana, the Crump Theatre, which was built in 1889 by John Crump.

She was born on January 24, 1911 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He was educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, where his classmates included five future Democratic senators ( Solomon Downs of Louisiana, Jesse Bright of Indiana, George W. Jones of Iowa, Edward Hannegan of Indiana, and Jefferson Davis of Mississippi ).

These dramatic parts provided Harrison Ford with important opportunities to break the typecasting of his career-making roles in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series.

Under Eero Saarinen, the firm carried out many of its most important works, including the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial ( Gateway Arch ) in St. Louis, Missouri, the Miller House in Columbus, Indiana, the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport that he worked on with Charles J. Parise, and the main terminal of Dulles International Airport near Washington, D. C ..

Indiana reveals himself and threatens to destroy the Ark with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, but Belloq calls his bluff, knowing Indy cannot bear to eradicate an important historical artifact.

An important part of Rich Mullins ' musical talents in Richmond, Indiana was being the piano player, songwriter and vocalist for the New Creations Choir which was started by Tim and Bonnie Cummings in the early 1970s.

Corydon was the state capital until 1825, but in the years afterward remained an important hub for southern Indiana.

Inland canals in Ohio and Indiana constituted another important waterway, which connected with Great Lakes and Ohio River traffic.

The brothers also located and opened many of the early roads linking Leavenworth to other important towns in pre-Civil War southern Indiana, including Paoli, Orleans, Bloomington, and Fredonia.

Approximately 2-1 / 2 miles north of Pennville on Indiana State Road 1, near Balbec, Indiana, a marker was erected in 1923 to mark the site of the pioneer home of Jimmy and Rachel Silliven, an important “ station ” of the Underground Railroad.

River commerce was always an important part of the local economy: across the river from Milton is the city of Madison, Indiana, and a river ferry between the two settlements was started in 1804.

The second, and most important for Vinton, was the arrival of a former professor from Indiana named Dr.

Located on Little Bay de Noc at the northern edge of Lake Michigan, Escanaba continues to serve as an important shipping point for iron ore to other Great Lakes ports, especially south to Chicago and northern Indiana.

Lorenzo by Judge James Barr in 1843 – 44, he choose the location due to the nearby junction of two important early stage coach routes, the east-west route from Indiana, Pennsylvania to Butler, Pennsylvania and the north-south Route from Freeport, Pennsylvania to Emlenton, Pennsylvania.

Historically, however, the Northwest Territory was an important early territory of the U. S., comprising the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as the northeastern part of Minnesota.

In September 2007, the Starr-Gennett Foundation began to recognize the most important Gennett artists on a Walk of Fame near the site of Gennett's Richmond, Indiana recording studio.

* Nicolas and his wife Perenelle Flamel are important characters mentioned in the Indiana Jones story Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone ( 1995 ) by Max McCoy.

At one point in the 1940s, Bill Haley was even awarded Indiana State Yodeling Champion for his skill, perhaps something that his skillful manager Colonel Tom Parker felt not important to mention to his screaming teenage rock ' n ' roll fans.

Muck farming on drained bogs is an important part of agriculture in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Florida, where mostly vegetables are grown.

Also, the Ohio River marks the northern border of Kentucky and this strategically important waterway was the economic lifeline of Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana ; each of these states had to ship goods down this river down to the Mississippi River.

Some of the most important American impressionist artists gathered at Cos Cob and Old Lyme, Connecticut, both on Long Island Sound ; New Hope, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River ; and Brown County, Indiana.

The crime, known as the Massacre at Fall Creek, near Pendleton, Indiana, ten miles northeast of Indianapolis, is historically important because it marked the first documented time that whites convicted of the murder of Native Americans were subjected to capital punishment under United States law.

Other important sites on campus include Holcomb Gardens, gardens containing a statue of Persephone, a pond, and a local canal ; Clowes Memorial Hall ; Hinkle Fieldhouse ; Irwin Library, designed by Minoru Yamasaki ; and Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium, home to the largest telescope in Indiana.

The very important C & LE connection at Dayton and the IR connection at Richmond, Indiana, was the Dayton & Western Traction Company.

Harrison swept almost the entire North and Midwest ( losing only Connecticut and New Jersey ), but narrowly carried the swing states of New York and Indiana by a margin of 1 % or less to achieve a majority of the electoral vote.

Loosely modeled on Indiana Jones, Chip wears a fedora and a bomber jacket and frequently uses rope to lasso or swing to other spots.

The swing states of Ohio, Connecticut, Indiana, New Jersey and New York were key to the outcome of the 1888 election, Likewise, Illinois and Texas were key to the outcome of the 1960 election.

By contrast, the lower Midwest includes swing states such as Ohio and Iowa, and solidly Republican ( until 2008 ) Indiana.

Subsequently, he was among those instrumental in delivering Indiana, a key swing state, to Lincoln in the presidential election.

The Michigan Central also built and operated a swing bridge over Trail Creek at Michigan City, Indiana.

When escaping from the other children, Bart, Lisa and Milhouse have to swing across a gap on a vine ; Milhouse goes across first, but refuses to throw the vine back in a reference to the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ), where the same thing happens to Indiana Jones.