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In 1862, Richard Gatling, of Indianapolis, Indiana, invented the rapid-fire machine gun. |
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In the 1830s canals were dug linking the Great Lakes to Indiana's river systems. The canals proved to be a financial disaster. Railroads made the canal system obsolete even before its completions. |
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The farming community of Fountain City, Indiana in Wayne County was known as the "Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad." In the years before the civil war, Levi and Katie Coffin were famous agents on the Underground Railroad. They estimated t |
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