Origins of Statehood: Indiana in the Early 1800s
December 11, 1816: one of the most integral days in Indiana history. This is the day that Indiana gained statehood in the United States of America. However, th…
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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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Historic Fort Waynelocation_fillThe area comprising Fort Wayne, IN was a homeland to several cultures of indigenous people long before the Ame… -
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Judge Jeremiah Sullivan Houselocation_fillFrom Virginia in 1816, Jeremiah Sullivan immigrated to Madison, Indiana in order to practice law. In 1818, he … -
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George Bentel House (New Harmony)location_fillThe Harmonists or Rappites, were a group of followers of George Rapp who immigrated to the United States from … -
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Tippecanoe Battlefieldlocation_fillTo resist the growing number of white settlers in the Indiana Territory, Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwa… -
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Old Perry County Courthouselocation_fillWhen Spencer County was formed from parts of Perry and Warrick Counties in 1818, it was decided to move the co… -
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Venoge Farmsteadlocation_fillIn 1796, a Swiss man named Jean James Dufour immigrated to the United States with a plan to start a commercial… -
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Vance-Tousey Houselocation_fillA soldier-turned-businessman, Samuel Vance helped open Dearborn County for settlement with his establishment o… -
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Fort Floralocation_fillDuring the War of 1812, some American settlers in the Indiana Territory felt threatened by nearby populations … -
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Fort Vallonialocation_fillFounded during the late-eighteenth century, Vallonia was a French-American settlement along the Muscatatuck an… -
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Thomas Downs Houselocation_fillThomas Downs was a member of the General Quarter Session of the Peace, appointed by William Henry Harrison in … -
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Scribner Houselocation_fillIn 1813, brothers Joel, Nathaniel, and Abner Scribner arrived at the Falls of the Ohio with plans to become th… -
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Little Cedar Grove Baptist Churchlocation_fillWith the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, Franklin County in the Indiana Territory was officially opened for sett… -
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George Rogers Clark National Historical Parklocation_fillThe George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is located on the assumed location of former Fort Sackville. … -
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Mary Clark Historic Markerlocation_fillAn unfortunate issue that plagued Vincennes in the early 1800’s was slavery. Although it was prohibited throug… -
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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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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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Fort Knox IIlocation_fillThe original Fort Knox was located in the center of Vincennes, but it later moved in 1803 to the outskirts of … -
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Falls of the Ohio State Parklocation_fillEstablished in 1990, the Falls of the Ohio State Park encompasses a rich cultural and natural history unlike a…
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