Publisher's Synopsis
"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Indiana" is a creative history of Indiana (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL - Indians and Allegheny Woodrats 1671 - France Claims Indiana 1763 -- British Take Indiana 1794 - Battle of Fallen Timbers 1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe 1813 - Tecumseh Killed at Battle of the Thames 1816 to1830 - Lincoln in Indiana 1843 - Wabash and Erie Canal Opens 1845 - Johnny Appleseed Dies in Fort Wayne 1861 - Sideburns Designed 1862 -- Gatling Gun Invented 1866 - First Train Robbery in the Ewe-Knighted States 1867 - John Muir Walks Through Indiana 1871 -- First Major League Game 1880 - "Ben-Hur" 1885 -- "Little Orphant Annie" 1909 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway Built 1915 -- Raggedy Ann Man 1951 to 1971 -- Red Skelton Show 1986 - "Hoosiers" 1993 -- "Rue D" Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.
