Miss W has informed us that we are going to be visiting/ receiving many visitors for next week’s challenge. So in preparation for all this, I am going to tell you a little bit about where I live! Here is my post for last year’s challenge.
If you were to visit Indiana, no matter how old you are, you have to go to the Children’s Museum. Their exhibits are fun and exciting. In the winter, they have a huge burlap sack slide going down the staircase.
Another place you should be sure and visit is Hollyhock Hill. It is a restaurant that serves fried chicken, corn, and mashed potatoes “family style.” The food is REALLY good and the restaurant itself is quaint and charming.
The Water Clock at the Children's Museum
Image: “Water Clock”
http://www.childrensmuseum.org
September 2010 Student Challenge #3
Indiana Fast Facts
I have lived in Indiana since I was 2 years old. As a part of last year’s challenge, I wrote some fast facts about Indiana and added them to my sidebar. Here there are:
- During WWII the P-47 fighter-plane was manufactured in Evansville at Republic Aviation.
- Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created the Raggedy Ann doll in 1914.
- The first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne on May 4, 1871.
- Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time.
- The first successful goldfish farm in the United States was opened in Martinsville, Indiana, in 1899.
- There have been five men from Indiana who have been elected vice president: Schuyler Colfax, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall and Dan Quayle. They have earned Indiana the nickname “Mother of Vice Presidents.”
- David Letterman, host of television’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis.
- Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial place for many famous figures in Indiana History. Benjamin Harrison, Oliver P. Morton, Kin Hubbard, James Whitcomb Riley and John Dillinger are among those buried here.
- In 1880, Wabash became the first city in the United States to have electric streetlights.
- The first long-distance auto race in the U. S. was held May 30, 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, was born in Indiana.
Picture Slideshow
All photos are from flickr.com.
Student Challenge #3
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