Indiana Government
A government is shaped by its people, and Indiana is a prime example of that. Throughout the state’s over 200 year history, Hoosiers have made this state their…
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Territorial Capitol of Former Indiana Territorylocation_fillIn 1800, the Northwest Territory was divided up into two territories, the eastern region called the Ohio Terri…
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Grouseland (William Henry Harrison Home)location_fillThe ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison served as the Territorial Governor of the Nor… -
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Corydon State Capitol Buildinglocation_fillAfter the Indiana Territory was divided into the Indiana and Illinois Territories in 1809, the location of the… -
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William Hendricks House (Governor's Headquarters)location_fillMany of the men who served on Indiana’s early state legislature built or purchased homes in the state capitol … -
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Mary Birdsalllocation_fillMary Thistlewaite Birdsall was a suffragist and advocate of women’s rights in Indiana during the mid-19th cent… -
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Schuyler Colfax Gravelocation_fillSchuyler Colfax’s home no longer exists in South Bend so the only site associated with him is his grave, locat… -
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Thomas A. Hendricks Librarylocation_fillFormerly the Hendricks Library, the building commemorating Vice President Thomas Hendricks is now known at Hen… -
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President Benjamin Harrison Homelocation_fillBenjamin Harrison was born into a politically active family. His father, John, was a United States Representat… -
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Shirk-Edwards Houselocation_fillMarie Stuart Edwards, a leader in suffrage and other social movements, was born in 1880 in Lafayette. Her yout… -
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Thomas R. Marshall Houselocation_fillYet another Hoosier who served as Vice President was Thomas Marshall. He was born in North Manchester, Indiana… -
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Charles Fairbanks Houselocation_fillDesigned in 1912 by Howard Van Doren Shaw, the Charles Fairbanks house served as a residence from 1912-1918. C… -
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memoriallocation_fillBuilt on the site where Thomas Lincoln’s family lived from 1816 to 1830, the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial… -
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Dan Quayle Center and Museumlocation_fillOriginally constructed as the First Church of Christ Scientist in 1919, the building now houses the Dan Quayle…
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