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Indiana State Parks
NARRATOR: This Indiana Bicentennial minute is made possible by the Indiana Historical Society and the law firm of Krieg DeVault.
PAULEY: Celebrating its centennial in 1916, Indiana created the Indiana State Park system led by Indianapolis businessman Colonel Richard Lieber.
Images of different Indiana State Parks are shown.
PAULEY: McCormick’s Creek and Turkey Run were first and Indiana would eventually have 32 state parks and lakes. Brown County, Clifty Falls, Indiana Dunes, Pokagon, Versailles, Spring Mill Shade State Park and many more evoke memories for countless Hoosier families.
More images of Indiana State parks with waterfalls, water and forests are shown.
PAULEY: Adding to the history is the rustic design and craftsmanship of the Civil Conservation Corps structure built during the Great Depression offering quiet respite, rugged terrain and majestic views, our state parks give all Hoosiers a chance to see how Indiana was 200 years ago. I’m Jane Pauley.
NARRATOR: This Indiana Bicentennial minute is made possible by the Indiana Historical Society and the law firm of Krieg DeVault.
Indiana Bicentennial Minute
- Gas Boom
- Miles Labs
- The Harrisons
- Native Americans
- Elwood Haynes
- Morgan’s Raid
- Red Skelton
- Indiana Astronauts
- John Dillinger
- Gov. Oliver Morton
- Indiana State Parks
- Cole Porter
- Auto Indiana
- Evansville, Refrigeration Capitol of the World
- Knute Rockne
- Gennett Records
- Indiana Agriculture
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Carole Lombard
- State Capitol History
- Saint Theodora Guerin
- Hoagy Carmichael
- French Lick and West Baden Springs
- Eugene V. Debs
- Indiana’s First Railroad
- Eli Lilly
- Gary, Indiana, and Michael Jackson
- John Wooden
- Cummins Engine
- General Lew Wallace
- Back Home Again in Indiana
- Indiana Avenue
- Indiana Statehood
- Steamboat Era
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Super Bowl XLVI
- Abraham Lincoln
- Madam Walker
- Crispus Attucks
- Vice Presidents
- Philo Farnsworth
- T.C. Steele
- Milan Miracle
- Levi Coffin
- Robert Kennedy
- Von Tilzer Brothers
- Ernie Pyle
- New Harmony
- Gene Stratton-Porter
- The Shaping of the Crossroads of America
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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