Retrieved on March 16, 2024 at https://athomeonindiana.org/wp-admin/post-new.php The Naming of Indiana The following article appeared in the Papers of the Wayne County, Indiana Historical SocietyVol. 1, No. 1 (1903), pages 3-11, located in the Indiana State Library. The Naming of Indianaby Cyrus W. Hodgin Previous to the opening of the nineteenth century, the present State of Indiana had no history except what it had in common with the surrounding territory. Her geological development, and the other phases of her natural history, did not materially differ from those of Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. Substantially the same conditions produced the soil and the native vegetable and animal life of them all. When… Read More
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