Indiana
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History
[edit]Main category: History of Indiana
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Angel Mounds State Historic Site was one of the northernmost Mississippian culture settlements, occupied from 1100 to 1450.
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Native Indians guide French explorers through Indiana, as depicted by Maurice Thompson in Stories of Indiana
The frontier
[edit]Left: A map showing extent of the treaty lands. Right: One of the first maps of Indiana (made 1816, published 1817) showing territories prior to the Treaty of St. Mary's which greatly expanded the region. Note the inaccurate placement of Lake Michigan.
Statehood and settlement
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Indiana's Capitol Building in Corydon served as the state's seat of government from 1816 until 1825.
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1950 postal issue of Harrison commemorating Indiana's 150th anniversary of statehood.
Early 20th century
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Child labor in Indiana glassworks, 1908, by Lewis Hine
Geography
[edit]Main category: Geography of Indiana
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2004 map
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Rolling hills in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area of Hoosier National Forest, in the Indiana Uplands
human settlements
[edit]Main category: Populated places in Indiana
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Anderson
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Hartford City
Hydrology
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Map of the Wabash River watershed with the Tippecanoe River in Indiana highlighted.
Law and government
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The Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, seat of Indiana's state government, hosts the Indiana General Assembly, the Indiana Supreme Court, and the Governor of Indiana.]]
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Constitution of Indiana (1816)
Military installations
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Indianapolis is home to the annual Indianapolis 500 race.
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