Indiana

How Indiana came to be known as the Hoosier State is largely due to the work of John Finley. His poem, "The Hoosier’s Nest", helped a small town become the most populated city in the Midwest. The abundance of corn, soy beans, and hogs has helped many earn an honest living in the great state and also helped build its capital, Indianapolis, along with the Great Lakes Plains, Till Plains, and Southern Hills and Lowlands. The Great Lakes Plains rest along the Great Lake shorelines. It is a fertile section of small lakes and low hills of earth and   More...

History

The history of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore falls into settlement, preservation, and park segments.

Joseph and Monee Bailly, the fur traders, settled on the banks of the Little Calumet River in 1822. The wetlands of the Indiana Dunes proved to be a good place for contacts between the Bailly family and the Pottawatomie tribe of Native Americans. In 1822, the Pottawatomie nation had already developed an   More...

The area is divided by the Wabash river. To the East of the river is Lafayette and to the West is West   More...

 • Kokomo Municipal Airport
 • Highways: US-31, US-35, SR-22, SR-26

Kokomo Beach Water Park

 • Old Ben (Highland Park)
 • Seiberling Mansion
 • Sycamore Stump (Highland Park)
 • Vermont Covered Bridge (Highland Park)

 • Boulevard Crossing (Kohl's, TJ Maxx)
 • Kokomo Mall (JC Penney,   More...

Indianapolis is warm in the summer, with average highs in the mid-80s in June, July, and August, and can be unpleasantly humid as well. January is the coldest month, with an average high during the day of 34 degrees. As of 2006 Indianapolis and the majority of the state of Indiana are now on Eastern Time and DO observe daylight savings time in the    More...