Indiana

• The first ever US train robbery took place in Indiana in 1866, by a gang called the Reno Brothers.

• Indiana simply means “Land of the Indians” or, more simply, “Indian Land.”

• The founder of KFC is actually from Indiana, not Kentucky!

• The first game played between two professional baseball teams was in Fort Wayne Indiana in 1871.

• Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time.


• Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.

• You may not back into a parking spot.Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.

• A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor.

• It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.

• Gary - Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.

• Indianapolis - It is illegal to ride a horse in excess of ten miles per hour.

• South Bend - It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.

• Warsaw - No one may throw an ottoman across the street at their neighbor.

• Beech Grove - It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.

• Elkhart - It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.


• Lafayette - Wolf Park - Home to gray wolves, red foxes, gray foxes, and bison, Wolf Park is a non-profit educational wildlife facility in Lafayette.

• Muncie - Bob Ross Experience - The Joy of Painting was filmed in Muncie, and his former studio is now open to the public as a museum.

• Indianapolis - Twisted House - The small, twisted house nestled in the woods of the Indianapolis Art Center.

• No other county anywhere in Indiana, or anywhere else in the world for that matter, has more covered bridges than Historic Parke County.

• Columbus - Giant Toilet Slide - Kidscommons is a three-story children’s museum filled with fun exhibits such as a 17-foot climbing wall, a bubble room, and Explorahouse.