The Diamond Plate Glass Company began in Kokomo in 1887, lured by the cheap and plentiful natural gas.

David Lee Darland ( born September 4, 1966 ) in Kokomo, Indiana, is an American auto racing driver who was the 1997 USAC Silver Crown Champion, 1999 USAC National Sprint Car Champion, and 2001 and 2002 USAC National Midget Champion, making him one of only five drivers to claim all three USAC National Championships.

Since 1977 a race in Kokomo, Indiana, for runners and walkers has been called the " Haynes-Apperson Festival " in commemoration of the pioneer auto company.

Kokomo High School still has visible reminders of the building's history, including a framed portrait of C. V. Haworth and a case featuring Haworth's mascot, the Haworth Huskies.

Kokomo High School has one of the most prestigious programs throughout the entire history of Indiana High School Basketball.

Kokomo has had two players named " Mr. Basketball " in the state of Indiana.

In the 31 year history of the girl's IHSAA tournament, Kokomo has won 19 ( tied 3rd all-time ) sectionals, 12 ( 1st all-time ) regionals, and 5 ( second all-time ) semi-states, and has won 3 state titles ( Second all-time, but it should be noted that Ft. Wayne Luers ' 5 championships have all come since the change to class sports ).

Kokomo High School also has many athletic facilities.

WTTV simulcasts its programming on a satellite station, WTTK ( digital channel 29 ) licensed to Kokomo, Indiana ( 50 miles / 80 km north of Indianapolis ), serving the northern areas of the Indianapolis market ( where WTTV's signal has always been poor, even when on channel 4 ) as well as the neighboring Lafayette area.

SR 22 heads due east to Kokomo where SR 22 has an intersection with U. S. Route 31 ( US 31 ) and US 35 At this point US 35 turns east onto SR 22 heading due east.

In 1987, the White family left Kokomo for Cicero, Indiana, where Ryan attended Hamilton Heights High School, and was welcomed by faculty and students who had been educated about the disease.

The Kokomo Gas Tower had been a symbol of Kokomo since it was constructed in 1954.

Police were tipped off to Skeer's involvement when it was learned that the auto used in the Kokomo robbery had been stolen from Fort Wayne a few days before.

The three prisoners waived extradition and warrants charging petit larceny and bank robbery charging Pierpont and Skeer had been issued by Kokomo city judge Joseph Cripe.

Hayes had been identified by cashier Gorton as the bandit who stood in the doorway of the South Kokomo bank as it was robbed.

It was determined by the Kokomo police that members of the gang had been in the city for several weeks prior to the robbery of the South Kokomo bank.

Pearl Elliott, the Kokomo madam who had been involved in Pierpont's Kokomo robbery, was to get money to those who would bribe prison guards.

In the case of Kokomo, Indiana, a city with heavy industries, the origin of the hum was thought to have been traced to two sources.

Although Kokomo, Indiana does exist, none of the band members were from it, nor did the band ever play there.

Four, usually hard, is sometimes referred to as " little Joe from Kokomo.

He finished the war in Hawaii, and then he was released from active duty on January 12, 1946, but he did remain in the Marine Forces Reserves. Press photo of Williams signing autographs in Kokomo, Indiana 1944.

Ryan Wayne White ( December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990 ) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV / AIDS in the United States, after being expelled from middle school because of his infection.

Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, but AIDS was poorly understood at the time, and when White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Kokomo rallied against his attendance.

Ryan White was born at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana, to Jeanne Elaine Hale and Hubert Wayne White.

This included nationalization of large-scale industries ( notably copper mining and banking ), and government administration of the health care system, educational system ( with the help of an U. S. educator, Jane A. Hobson-Gonzalez from Kokomo, Indiana ), a programme of free milk for children in the schools and shanty towns of Chile, and an expansion of the land seizure and redistribution already begun under his predecessor Eduardo Frei Montalva, who had nationalized between one-fifth and one-quarter of all the properties listed for takeover.

" ( Kokomo Arnold, one of the most popular American blues musicians of the 1930s, also recorded much the same song under the title " The Twelves " in 1935.

It is included in the Kokomo, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

U. S. Route 31 runs through the western part of the county, entering from Howard County and Kokomo in the north and continuing to Hamilton County and Indianapolis in the south.

The other connects Logansport and Kokomo in the north with Indianapolis in the south.

It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Howard and Tipton counties.

The county seat is Kokomo.

In recent years, average temperatures in Kokomo have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of was recorded in July 1936.

Although a few lower-powered stations are located closer to Blackford County in cities such as Muncie, Marion, and Kokomo, these stations typically do not have a broadcast range that covers all of Blackford County.

The council offices were eventually consolidated to Kokomo, Indiana.

Joseph Hill and Robert Edwards platted Michigantown in 1830 with lots on both sides of the Michigan Road ; additions made in 1874 and 1876 by William Lowden added more lots to the north, bringing the edge of town up to what was then the Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad ( later the Toledo, St. Louis and Western ).

In 1912 the Marion, Kokomo and Frankfort Electric Railroad built a line that paralleled the other through town.

A Norfolk Southern Railway line crosses the northern edge of town and connects the cities of Frankfort and Kokomo.

Good places to camp along the Opalescent River or Feldspar Brook, Panther Gorge, Slant Rock or other places in the Johns Brook Valley.

Lake Tear of the Clouds () is a small tarn located in the town of Keene, in Essex County, New York, on the southwest slope of Mount Marcy ; it is both the highest lake in the state and the highest source of the Hudson River via Feldspar Brook and the Opalescent River.

Borosilicate glass ( Pyrex ) was developed by Corning Glass Works.

Biaglass belongs to elite group of Glass Works in Europe, where 100 % of the lighting glass is mouth-blown.

Its second largest business was the American Plate Glass Works.

American Plate Glass Works opened in 1865 which employed as many as 2, 000 workers.

The Granite Glass Company and the New Granite Glass Works were located in Mill Village, near the present town center.

Glassboro's early history was built on the manufacturing of glass — the town was first established in 1779 by Solomon Stanger as " Glass Works in the Woods "; glass manufacturers over the years since include Heston-Carpenter Glass Works, Olive Glass Works, Harmony Glass Works, Temperanceville Glass Works, Whitney Brothers Glass Works, Owens Bottle Company, Owens Illinois Glass Company, and Anchor Hocking.