
State Facts:
State flower-Peony
State bird-Cardinal
State Song-"On The Banks Of The Wabash"
Getting their start in Indiana:
Raggedy Anne doll - created by Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis in 1914
The first professional baseball game was played in Ft. Wayne on May 4, 1871
Famous Hoosiers:
James Dean
Red Skelton
James Whitcomb Riley
Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Abe Lincoln
Hoagy Carmichael
Jim Nabors
Carole Lombard
Karl Malden
Cole Porter
Kurt Vonnegut
Robert Wise
I will be adding much more here in the coming days. But as you can see already, we Hoosiers have plenty to be proud of!