goshen indiana

goshen indiana

goshen indiana goshen indiana   ABOUT (brief history) Native Americans, namely the Miami, Peoria, and Potawatomi Peoples, lived on the territory that is now Goshen, Indiana before white colonists arrived. These people have lived in this area for a very long time. The Indian Removal Act, passed by the US Congress in 1830, mandated that…

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kokomo indiana

Kokomo, Indiana

Kokomo, Indiana Kokomo, Indiana   Early history and Incorporation The Miami man Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo, who is thought to have been one of Chief Richardville’s four sons and the last of the Miami people’s chiefs, inspired the name Kokomo. The town was “the ornriest town on world,” according to legend, therefore David Foster, the “Father of Kokomo,”…

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muncie Indiana

Muncie Indiana

Muncie Indiana Muncie Indiana, ABOUT (brief history) The Lenape (Delaware) tribe moved to new territories in modern-day Ohio and eastern Indiana in the 1790s after being evicted from their tribal lands in the Mid-Atlantic region (all of New Jersey, southern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware). Along the White River, the Lenape established a…

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lafayette indiana

lafayette indiana

lafayette Indiana lafayette indiana ABOUT (brief history) The Ouiatenon or Weas, a Miami Indian tribe, lived in this region when European explorers first arrived. The French government built Fort Ouiatenon in 1717, three miles (five kilometers) south of Lafayette today and across the Wabash River. Fur trappers, traders, and Indians all conducted their business out…

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bloomington indiana

Bloomington Indiana

  Bloomington Indiana Bloomington Indiana ABOUT BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA In the middle part of the American state of Indiana, Bloomington is both a city and the county seat of Monroe County. It is the fourth-largest city outside of the Indianapolis metropolitan area and Indiana’s seventh-largest overall. The “Gateway to Scenic Southern Indiana” is Bloomington, according to…

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evansville indiana

Evansville Indiana

Evansville Indiana   Evansville Indiana ABOUT Evansville (brief history) Evansville, Indiana, was established in 1812 and became a city in 1817. It is frequently referred to as the “Crescent Valley” or “River City” and is located on an oxbow in the Ohio River. Hugh McGary Jr. bought 441 acres on March 27, 1812, and gave…

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fort wayne indiana

Fort Wayne Indiana

Fort Wayne Indiana Fort Wayne Indiana ABOUT FORT WAYNE, INDIANA The county seat and largest city in Allen County, Indiana, is Fort Wayne. The city, which is situated in northeastern Indiana, is 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border and 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border.  According to the 2020…

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