Portal:indiana Did You Know Archive

...that German-born Richard Lieber, the founder of Indiana state parks, started the trend of American state parks having inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more?
...that the Potawatomi, a tribe of Native Americans, were evicted from land near Indiana’s Yellow River less than six years after tribal chiefs signed a treaty granting them that land in perpetuity?

...that the efforts of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources have restored Indiana's total forestland acreage to more than double its turn-of-the-20th-century level?
...that 9 of Indiana's 12 native bat species have been observed in the National Natural Landmark Wyandotte Caves?
...that Indiana's Eel River once served as informal boundary between the lands of the Potawatomi people in the north and Miami people in the south?
...that Fisher Automobile Company in Indianapolis, Indiana is believed to have been the first automobile dealership in the United States?