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Indigenous resistance to American settlement was broken with their defeat in Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, and the collapse of Tecumseh's confederacy in 1813. The new settlers were primarily Americans of British ancestry from the eastern seaboard and the Upland South, and Germans. After the Civil War, in which the state fought for the Union, natural gas attracted heavy industry and new European immigrants to its northern counties. In the first half of the 20th century, northern and central sections experienced a boom in goods manufacture and automobile production. Southern Indiana remained largely rural. After the rise and fall of the Klan in the 1920s, the state swung politically from the Republican to Democratic Party in the New Deal 1930s. Today, with a decades-long record of returning Republican majorities, Indiana is counted a "red state".
Indiana has a diverse economy with a gross state product in 2023 of 404.3 billion. Indianapolis is at the center of the state's largest metropolitan area, with a population of over two million. The Fort Wayne metro area follows with a population of 645,000. (Full article...)
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The seal of Indiana is used by the governor of Indiana to certify official documents of the U.S. state of Indiana. The seal has gone through several revisions since the region was a part of the Northwest Territory. It is likely that the original seal, which is similar to the current one, was created by William Henry Harrison during his administration of the Indiana Territory. The current design of the seal was standardized by the Indiana General Assembly in 1963. (Full article...)
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- ... that William N. Salin was twice decorated with the Sagamore of the Wabash?
- ... that the Circle Tower, an Art Deco building in Indianapolis, features ziggurat-like upper floors?
- ... that Lick Creek, a settlement of freeborn Black people, used to exist in Hoosier National Forest?
- ... that the Miller House in Indiana opened to the public in 2011, drawing high visitor numbers that were likened to the opening of a new Disney ride?
- ... that the 2012 Southern Indiana tornado ripped chunks of asphalt concrete off of a road and threw the pieces 30 yards (27 m) away?
- ... that after becoming "convinced of the evils of slavery", James Townsend left Kentucky for Indiana?
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Terre Haute (/ˈtɛrə ˈhoʊt/ TERR-ə HOHT) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716.
Located along the Wabash River about 5 miles (8 km) east of the state border with Illinois, Terre Haute is one of the largest cities in the Wabash Valley and is known as the Queen City of the Wabash. The city is home to multiple higher-education institutions, including Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. It also contains the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, which houses the US federal death row. (Full article...)
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Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (/ˈbuːtɪdʒədʒ/ ⓘ BOO-tij-əj; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former naval officer who served as the 19th United States secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete".
Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Oxford, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. In 2007, he began three years of work at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to the war in Afghanistan for seven months in 2014. Before being elected as mayor of South Bend in 2011, Buttigieg worked on the political campaigns of Democrats Jill Long Thompson, Joe Donnelly, and John Kerry, and ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for Indiana state treasurer in 2010. While serving as South Bend's mayor, Buttigieg came out as gay in 2015. He married Chasten Glezman, a schoolteacher and writer, in June 2018. Buttigieg declined to seek a third term as mayor. (Full article...)
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William Henry Harrison, the 1st Governor of Indiana Territory from 1801 to 1812, and the 9th President of the United States (from History of Indiana) -
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The fifth Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis built in 1888 on the site of the third statehouse (from History of Indiana)
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| Country | United States |
| Admitted to the Union | December 11, 1816 (19th) |
| Capital | Indianapolis |
| Largest city | Indianapolis |
| Largest metro and urban areas | Indianapolis-Carmel MSA |
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| • Governor | Eric Holcomb (R) (2017) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Suzanne Crouch (R) (2017) |
| Legislature | Indiana General Assembly |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | House of Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Todd Young (R) Mike Braun (R) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,080,485 |
| • Density | 169.5/sq mi (65.46/km2) |
| Language | |
| • Official language | English |
| Latitude | 37° 46′ N to 41° 46′ N |
| Longitude | 84° 47′ W to 88° 6′ W |
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