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NDIANA is the sum of its rarts Farts rartsYet FartsYet partsYet HNDIANA INDIANA Yet how they differ dillerl ' ' Streams Streamsof of planes , trains trams , motorcars , trucks , and buses whizzing whizzingback whizzingback whizzingback back and forth across its north and andcentral andcentral andcentral central . , ' narts 'arts arts arts , . yet how ! little tttle travel travelby , by comparison comparlson , , m in the southIn southIn south southIn In that industrial industrlal region on Lake LakeMIchigan LakeMichigan LakeMichigan MIchigan which wiuch is not Indiana at atnIl atall atall nIl all but a prolongation of Chtcago Chicago Chicagonothing , , nothmg nothing but smoke , , noise , , and mov mov- movlllg moving moving - - ing lllg crowdsIn crowdsIn crowds crowdsIn In the south , a serene , unhurned unhurried unhurnedpeople unhurriedpeople unhurriedpeople people whose uhosc chose ancestors floated down downthe downthe downthe the Ohio m in flatboats , came from the theCarolInas theCarolinas theCarohnas CarolInas and Kentucky on horseback horse horse- horseback horseback - back bringing brmgmg rl rifles les , axes , splnnmg spinning splnnmgwheels spinningwheels spinningwheels spinningwheelsLook wheels wheelsLook Look down , , in fancy , , from a drift dnft- dnft drift- dnftmg drifting drifting - ing mg blimp , imagine Imagme that here and andthere andthere andthere there , painted pamted on the grounds m in mhuge inhuge inhuge huge , white letters , are slgnboards signboards signboardson slgnboardson on which J you ou may read about the theaudacIous theaudacious theaudacious audacIous men whose adventures adventuresmade adventuresmade adventuresmade made Indiana . Near : South fouth Louth Bend , La Salle Sallecampc Sallecampe Sallecampe campc campe m 1679 At Vmcennes Vincennes , , a acentury acentury acentury century later , , George Rogers Clark Clarkgamed Clarkgamed darkgamed gamed tor for us the whole Northwest NorthwestTerrItory NorthwestTerritory NorthwestTerritory TerrItory . That tail tall shaft of Pigeon Plgeon Roost RoostMcmonal RoostMemorial RoostMemorial Mcmonal Memorial shows where , m in 1812 1812Indians , Indwns Indians slew a whole white settle settlement settlement settlemcnt settlemcntEast ment mentEast East of : Evans Ivans 'ille ille ' , , at Lmcoln Lincoln LmcolnCIty LincolnCity LincolnCity CIty , , is the monument to Lmcoln's Lmcolns Lincoln's Lincolns Lmcoln'smother Lincoln'smother Lincoln'smother Lincolnsmother ' ' mother , . Nancy Hanks , , and the boy boy- boyhood boyhood boyhood - hood home whe whe-e whe e whe"e whee " ' - a her son Abe spht split sphtraIls splitrails splitrails splitrailsAlong raIls raIlsAlong Along the Wabash-the Wabash the Wabash - the Ouabache Ouabacheof of old-are old are old - are strewn the sites Sltes of ofFrench ofFrench ofFrench French fur trade posts , built m in the theearly theearly theearly early 1700's 1700s ' North of Lafayette Lafayettethe , the Tippecanoe Tlppecanoe battlefield , , 'lhere lhere tihere 'lhereHarrIson tihereHarrison ' whereHarnson HarrIson de d defeated e f eat e a t e d Tecumseh's Tecumsehs Tecumseh'sbrother Tecumseh'sbrother Tecumseh'sbrother Tecumsehsbrother ' ' brother , and , just out of Kokomo Kokomoa , a monument to Elwood El\l.ood Ell.ood El l.ood lood \ . Haynes , nho who nhoIn whoin whom In 1894 launched one of America's Americas America'sfirst America'sfirst America'sfirst Americasfirst ' first firstClhorseless "horseless horseless Clhorseless " carriages carnages " on the thenow thenow thenow now historic lustorlc "Pumpkinvme Pumpkinvme "Pumpkmvme Pumpkmvme "Pumpkinvirie Pumpkinvirie " Pike " . In fact and fancy you may see seestill seestill seestill still other markers , showing showmg the thehomes thehomes thehomes homes of such famous Hoosiers as asJames asJames asJames James Whitcomb Whltcomb Riley , , BenJamm Benjamin BenJammHarrIson BenjaminHarrison BenjaminHarnson HarrIson , John Hay , Lew Wallace WallaceJoaqum , Joaqum Joaquin Miller , Booth Tarhmgton Tarkington TarkingtonAlbert , Albert J . Beveridge , George Ade AdeTheodora , Theodor Theodore Dreiser Drelser , Charles MaJor MajorJohn , John T . McCutcheon , MeredIth MeredIthNlcholson MeredithNicholson MeredithNicholson Nlcholson Nicholson , & and &nd nd Wilbur Wnght Wright , and andup , up among the scenic lakes of northeast north- north northeast north-cast north cast - east Indiana , , m In theClLlmberlost the ClLlmberlost "Limberlost Limberlost "Limberlost"region Limberlostregion " " region , , that rustic , , tree shaded log- log loghouse loghouse log-house log house - house home of Gene Stratton Porter . Story Is Shown on Carter's Carters ' \ Map l\lap l lap . . It sounds fantastic , the idea ldea of offloating offloating offloating floating over ovcr a state and reading readmg Its Itsl itslife itslife l life e story on giant signboards Yet Yetin , , In a vicarious way you can do It itfor , , for there exists a pictorial map mapdrawn , , drawn by Lee Carter and ald : publIshedby publishedby published by the state conservation depart depart- department department department - ment , , which shows in graphic de- de detall detail de detail - tail tall much that has happened here heresmce heresince heresince smce since Father Fathcr Marquette saw north north- northern northem northern - ern em Indiana m In the 1600's 1600s ' . This map mapvras mapv/as mapv as "as as vras " / our guide over some 6,500 6500 , m milesof miles es esof of Hoosier highways and byways . . "On On CIOn " the Banks Banl.s Banls . of thr Wabash " Is Isi Isthe isthe Isthe i the state song It ought to be , down downthe downthe downthe the Wabash came the French , first firstI firstwhites firstwhites I whites to settle In Indiana ; this thisI thisstream thisstream . stream formed part of their long longroute longroute longroute I route from Quebec to LouisianaAt Louisiana Lowsiana LouisianaAt At Terre Haute you see a street streetcrowd streetcrowd streetcrov/d streetcrov d crowd / watching watchmg a tricky tncky machme machine machmeturn machineturn machineturn turn dough into doughnuts , , instan lnstan mstan- mstan mstantaniously instantaneously - . tan taneously taniously ously . It is har 1 to believe belleve that thatIn thatin thatin In the pioneer days country folks folksdidn't folksdidn't folksdidn't folksdidnt didn't didnt ' even have matches ; if they theylet theylet theylet let their firec fire " : go out , they had to toride toride toride ride over to the neighbors ' and bor bor- borrow bor- bor borrow borrow - - row some live lIvc coalsThe coalsThe coals coalsThe The sight ot of girls picking long longGreen , geen green , warty cucumbers out of the thealr theair theair alr air lures you into a 35 acre acrc steam- steam steamheated steamheated steam-heated steam heated - heated glass house Inside it :3mells 3mells smells :3mellsnnd smellsand : smellsand nnd and feels just like Manila Manlla Mamla in 10 the theramy therainy therainy ramy rainy season , hot and sticky . , A Abug's Abug's Abug's Abugs bug's bugs ' paradise ! Swarms of o1 bees beesare beesare beesare are kept , purposely , to pollinate the thecucumber thecucumber thecucumber cucumber blossoms Not on the theground theground theground ground , but high up overhead lIke lIkegrapes likegrapes likegrapes grapes on a trellis hung the cucum cucum- cucumbers cucumbers cucumbers - bers Perspiring Persplrmg blon blonds blonrls ! s and bru bru- brunettes bru- bru brunettes brunettes - - nettes reached reache up with wlth long handled handledtools handledtools handledtools tools and clipped clopped them offElks offElks off offElks Elks ' Country Club house , facmg facing facmgthe facingthe facingthe the Wabash , stands stmds : where Zachary ZacharyTaylor ZacharyTaylor ZacharyTaylor Taylor whipped the Indians m U1 in 1812 1812Parallel 1812Parallel 1812Parallel Parallel with the river rover is the aban abandoned abandoped abandoned doned doped Wabash and Eric Ene Erie cina cinal c1naJ ] , Its ItsI Itsgrass itsgrass itsgrass grass grown tov/path tov path towpath / still vlslbleAn visibleAn visible vlslble visibleAn An EnglJshmnn-a EnglJshmnn a Englishman-a Englishman Englishman - a b bout 0 o u t 1848- 1848 1848wrote 1848wrote 1848 1848wrote - I wrote of a canal trip trtp from from here to toOho toOho toOho Oho It was hot , he said snld All AU day passengers "at at " at on top the boat boatmany , many under umbrellas Some fid- fid fiddled fid lid fiddled - ' dled died or sang , , others read , , or orwatched orwatched orwatched watched the scenery go whlzzmg whizzing whlzzmgby whizzingby whizzingby by as towpath horses pulled the boat boatat boatat boatat at four m miles es an nn hourl houri hour ! This Eng Eng- EnglIshman Englishman Englishman - lishman was disturbed dlsturbed that Amer Amer-cans Amer cans - . cans should eat squirrels squlrrels ! Through pioneer Terre Haute Hautecame Hautecame Hautecame came the old National Road Over OverIt Overit Overit It swarmed the cheering cheermg legtOns- legtOns legions- legions legtOnssoldIers legionssoldiers legions legionssoldiers - soldiers , , settlers , , paine pairie schooners schoonersfreighters , , freighters , live 11ve stock s ock , boys and dogsoff dogsoff dogs dogsofl -off off - ofl to conquer the West . . . Today TodaythiS Todaythis Todaythis thiS early wagon tra trail , long but a allne aline aline llne line of ruts dodging dodgmg stumps and andmudholes andmudholes andmudholes mudholes , is 15 U S 40 At Terre TerreHaute TerreHaute TerreHaute Haute it intersects 10terseets U S 41 to form formone formone formone one of America's Americas Amenca's Amencas ' busiest cross cross- crossroads crossroads . - roads roadsSouth South of the city hovers the popu- popu population popu population - . lation center of the United Umted States StatesFor StatesFor StatesFor For the past 45 years it has been beenslowly beenslowly beenslowly slowly ' 'vandermg vandermg wandering ' across Indiana . Historic Four Cornered Track . Trotting Trottmg horses , harnessed to 11ght light 11ghtsulkIes lightsullies lightsulkies sulkIes sullies , set world records at Terre TerreHaute TerreHaute TerreHaute Haute Nancy Hanks , , Maud S , , Dan DanPatch DanPatch DanPatch Patch , , Mascot , , Hal Pomter Pointer , , and andAxtell andAxtell andAxtell Axtell raced here on the historic'four historic 'four four ' four cornered " track in m the days daysof daysof daysof of Bud Doble , greatest remsman reinsman of ofhIS ofhis ofhis hIS age Now a stadium , with mght night mghtball nightball nightball ball games by electric light , rlses rises riseswhere riseswhere where \ \ here crowds used to cheer gog goggled goggled gogglcd gled drivers holding holdmg tight tlght reins rems to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep their sweating trotters from , ' ' breaking breahmg " into mto a gallopSplrItS gallopSpirits gallop gallopSpirits Spirits SplrItS , gunpo\\ gunpo gunpowder gunpoder \ \ der , glass , thts this thtstown thistown thistown town makes them all You see plIes piles plIesof pilesof pilesof of sand , soda , and limestone 11mestone fed to tobIg tobig tobig bIg furnaces , then gobs of red hot hotglass hotglass hotglass glass dropping droppmg into mto a magic ma- ma machine machine ma machine - chine that shapes the bottles-one bottles one bottlesoneevery bottlesoneevery bottles - oneevery every two secondsSome secondsSome seconds secondsSome Some men are piling pllmg tall bottles bottlesmto bottlesinto bottlesinto mto into a box carVhere car . "Where Where \Vhere Vhere " \ for for9 ? " you ask"Down ask"Down ask ask"Down "Down Down " to Key West , across on the thecar thecar thecar car ferry to Havana , then east by byraIl byrail byrail raIl to where Cubans make Bacardl Bacardi Bacardlrum Bacardirum Bacardirum " " rum Oddly self cont contained med , , this rE'glOn rEglOn region rE'glOnLocal regioniocal regioni-iocal regioni iocal ' Local iocal - , straw makes packing pack10g cases ; ; printers prmters make labels , , farmers grow growvegetables growvegetables growvegetables vegetables , and canners do the restOut restOut rest restOut Out at Rose Polytechnic Polytechmc boys boysbuIld boysbuild boysbuild buIld toy bridges bndges . Some day , when whenthey're whenthey're whenthey're whentheyre they're theyre ' full fledged engineers engmeers , they theymay theymay theymay may build bwld big blg ones in Bolivia BolIvla or the thePhll1ppmes thePhilippines thePhilippines Phll1ppmes Philippines ! Saint Samt Mary of the-Woods the Woods - is one of ofAmenca's ofAmerica's ofAmerica's ofAmericas Amenca's Amencas America's Americas ' ' exclusive schools for forgirls forgirls I Igirls girls You see groups riding rldmg , clad cladin cladin ' in smartest saddle club togs , the thehorses thehorses I Ihorses horses groomed slick sltck and shmy shiny shmytheir , thelr their hoofs o oiled ed . . Perhaps some of ofthese ofthese I Ithese . these girls have descended from fromwomen fromwomen women who also rode horses-from horses from horsesfromVlrgmla horsesfromVirginia horses - fromVirginia Vlrgmla Virginia or the Carohnas CarolInas , , over the thewllderness thewilderness thewilderness wllderness wilderness trials , , carrying carrymg babies babies.dreading babiesdreading , . ! dreadmg dreading panthers and IndiansOld Indians Indlans IndiansOld Old Timers Tuners on the Wabash . Glimpses Ghmpses of the Wabash as you youride youride ! rIde south to Vmcennes Vincennes make you youthink youthink youthink think of the French voyageurs , and andthe andthe I Ithe the w wild d , half balf ball naked coureurs de debOls deboos debois bOls boos . . I IThe The voyaguer had a license hcense to totrade totrade totrade trade But the "bush bush " loper " was an ani anoutlaw anoutlaw anoutlaw i outlaw in that long war tor for fur be between between between tween French and English Ingl1sh : Like the thehonest thehonest I Ihonest honest traders , the renegade offered offeredknives offeredknives offeredknives knives , beads , axes , guns , and andI andblankets andblankets andblankets I blankets for the red man's mans ' pelts peltsbut peltsbut peltsbut but cheated when he could , ' Traders 'rraders rraders and boats of all aU kmds kinds kmdsused kindsused kindsused used to swarm on the Wabash John JohnParsons JohnParsons JohnParsons Parsons , a young Virginian Vlrgmran who whocame whocame whocame came here in m 1840 to buy land land.wrote landwrote . , wrote "In In " the fall 1,000 1000 , flatboats flatboatswIll flatboatswill flatboatswill wIll pass down the river , the ma ma- majority majority . - jority Jonty loaded with wlth flour , pork . . , , lard , cattle , horses , oats , cornmeal cornmealand cornmealand cornmealand and corn on the car ear . . . . . They told toldme toldme toldme me ot of a flatboat . . . carrying carrymg a load loadof loadof loadof of hickory nuts , , walnuts and vem vent vemson ventson venison son hams " . You can't cant ' ride along the Wabash Wabashwith Wabashwith Wabashwith with all1ts all its traditions tradltlOns , historic hlstorlc sites sitesold , old graveyards and monuments monumentswithout , wIthout thinking thmkmg of its part in mak making making making ing America Amerlca . |