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- [Narrator] This Indiana
Bicentennial Minute

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is made possible by the
Indiana Historical Society

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and the law firm of Krieg Devault.

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- [Jane] Indiana was
originally part of the vast

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Indiana Territory which
included Indiana, Illinois,

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Michigan and parts of both
Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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When Indiana became a
state in 1816 Congress

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moved its border 10 miles north,

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giving Hoosiers access to Lake Michigan.

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There were early French
settlements at Fort Wayne,

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Lafayette and Vincennes,
but most Indiana settlers

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moved from south to north as Indian tribes

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were forced to sell their land.

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Corydon was the first state capital,

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before the seat of government moved to

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centrally located Indianapolis.

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First rivers, then canals,
railroads and eventually highways

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made Indiana the crossroads of America.

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I'm Jane Pauley, with this
Indiana Bicentennial Minute.

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- [Narrator] Made possible by
the Indiana Historical Society

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and the law firm of Krieg Devault.