History of Indianapolis
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The history of Indianapolis spans three centuries. Founded in 1820, the area where the city now stands was originally home to the Lenape. In 1821, a small settlement on the west fork of the White Rive
Marker at the site of John McCormick's cabin
Plat of the Town of Indianapolis from December 1821
Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis.
Child workers. Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1908. Photographed by Lewis Hine.
Indiana
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Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s
Angel Mounds State Historic Site was one of the northernmost Mississippian culture settlements, occupied from 1100 to 1450.
Native Indians guide French explorers through Indiana, as depicted by Maurice Thompson in Stories of Indiana
1950 postal issue of Harrison commemorating Indiana's 150th anniversary of statehood
Child labor in Indiana glassworks, 1908, by Lewis Hine