| Indiana
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The Indiana state flag has
19 gold stars and gold torch
on a blue field. The torch represents
liberty and enlightenment. The
rays represent far-reaching
influence. The stars in the
outer circle represent the 13
original states; those in the
inner circle are for the five
states admitted to the Union
next. The star above above the
torch represents Indiana, the
19th state. The flag was adopted
in 1917.
Indiana became a state on December
11, 1816 as the 19th state.
Indiana is in the north central
United States and means "land
of the Indians." The Indiana
state motto is "The Crossroads
of America". The states
residents are commonly called
to as Hoosiers although no one
seems to know how this originated.
Today, Indiana is a state of
mostly small towns and midsize
cities. The capital, Indianapolis,
is the largest city and is where
the nation's most famous auto
race, the Indianapolis 500,
is held each year.
Most of Indiana has a humid
continental climate. Winters
are cold, long and bring a lot
of snow. Summers are warm with
high humidity. Spring and fall
seasons are mild and pleasant
with cool morning temperatures.
Indiana is what is considered
Tornado alley and there is an
average 400 sighted funnel clouds
each year. It is also a part
of the Corn Belt which stretches
from Ohio to Nebraska.
Indiana Agriculture includes:
corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle,
dairy products, eggs.
Indiana Industry: Steel, electric
equipment, transportation equipment,
chemical products, petroleum
and coal products, machinery.
Indiana has 92 counties:
Adams
Allen Bartholomew Benton
Blackford Boone Brown
Carroll Cass Clark
Clay Clinton
Crawford Daviess
Dearborn Decatur
De Kalb Delaware
Dubois Elkhart
Fayette Floyd
Fountain Franklin
Fulton Gibson
Grant Greene
Hamilton Hancock
Harrison Hendricks
Henry Howard
Huntington
Jackson Jasper Jay
Jefferson Jennings
Johnson Knox
Kosciusko Lagrange
Lake La Porte
Lawrence Madison
Marion Marshall
Martin Miami
Monroe Montgomery
Morgan Newton
Noble Ohio
Orange Owen
Parke Perry
Pike Porter
Posey Pulaski
Putnam Randolph
Ripley Rush
St. Joseph
Scott Shelby
Spencer Starke Steuben
Sullivan Switzerland
Tippecanoe
Tipton Union
Vanderburgh Vermillion
Vigo Wabash
Warren Warrick
Washington Wayne
Wells White Whitley
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