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| Indiana Facts |
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True to its motto, "Cross Roads of America" Indiana has more miles of Interstate Highway per square mile than any other state. The Indiana state Motto, can be traced back to the early 1800s. |
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The first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 4, 1871. |
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The Poet Laureate of Indiana, James Whitcomb Riley was born in a two-room log cabin in Greenfield. He glorified his rural Indiana childhood in such poems as "The Old Swimmin' Hole" "Little Orphan Annie", and " When the frost is on the Pumpkin". |
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