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The first European known to have visited Indiana was French Explorer Rene'-Robert Cavalier sierur de La Salle, in 1679. After LaSalle and others explored the Great Lakes region, the land was claimed for New France, a nation based in Canada. |
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In the summer of 1987 4,453 athletes from 38 nations gathered in Indianapolis, Indiana for the Pan American Games. |
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The Indiana Gazette Indiana's first newspaper was published in Vincennes in 1804. |
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