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| Indiana Facts |
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Historic Parke County, Indiana has 32 covered bridges and is the Covered Bridge Capital of the world. |
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During the great Depression of the 1930's 1 in every 4 Hoosier factory hands was out of work, farmers sank deeper in debt, and in southern Indiana unemployment was as high as 50%. |
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Indiana was part of the huge Northwest Territory, which included present day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, which were ceded to the United States by the British at the end of the Revolutionary war. |
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