In 1934 Chicago Gangster John Dillinger escaped the Lake Country Jail in Crown Point, Indiana by using a "pistol" he had carved from a wooden block.
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In the 1700s the first 3 Non-native American settlements in Indiana were the 3 French forts of Ouiatenon, Ft. Miami, and Ft. Vincennes. Although they had few settlers in the region, French presence in Indiana lasted almost 100 years.
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Deep below the earth in Southern Indiana is a sea of limestone that is one of the richest deposits of top-quality limestone found anywhere on earth. New York City's Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center as well as the Pentagon and the U.S. Treasury are built from limestone.