Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Hammond
State Tree
Tulip Tree
Nickname
The Hoosier State
Indianapolis is home to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500 race. The Speedway is the largest sports facility in the world, able to accommodate over 600,000 spectators.
Indiana produces more than 20% of the United States’ popcorn supply. In a typical year, almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted in corn.
The now famous Coca-Cola contour bottle is patented in 1915 by the Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Colonel Sanders, the man who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken was born in 1890 in Henryville, In.
Famous singer songwriters brother and sister; Janet and Michael Jackson were born in Gary, Indiana.
Actor and cultural icon James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana.
