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Indiana State House, Indianapolis,
Marion County |
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Indiana State House rotunda ceiling,
Indianapolis, Marion County. The big flag hangs there on special
occassions, like Independence Day. |
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Indiana State Constitution display,
State House, Indianapolis, Marion County. |
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Old Indiana State House, Corydon,
Harrison County. The building was also the Harrison County
Courthouse for quite a while. |
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Grouseland, the home of William
Henry Harrison, Vincennes, Knox County. |
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Old Perry County Courthouse,
Cannelton, Perry County. Perry has moved its county seat to Tell
City. This picture of the old Cannelton courthouse was taken in
April 1991. The sign out front says "Save This
Courthouse." |
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Fountain County Courthouse mural,
Covington, Fountain County. Painted by nationally known artist
Eugene Savage, who was from the area. It was financed by the Works
Progress Administration during the New Deal era of the 1930s. This
mural portrays the good and bad in government expenditure. |
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Fountain County Courthouse mural,
Covington, Fountain County. A second mural painted by
Savage. This one shows good and bad government tax policy. |
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Fountain County Courthouse mural,
Covington, Fountain County. Savage also supervised local artists
in painting the history of Fountain County on the walls of the
courthouse. This picture shows the (then) present, including the
courthouse itself in the background. |
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument,
Indianapolis, Marion County. |
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German V-1 buzz bomb, Greencastle,
Putnam County. One of the more unusual bits of military hardware
on courthouse grounds, on the lawn of the Putnam County Courthouse. |
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Amish horses and buggies outside the
LaGrange County Courthouse, LaGrange, LaGrange County. |
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The Mentone Egg, Mentone, Kosciusko
County. Mentone's tribute to the egg business. Thanks to
Janet Ayres. |
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Mill in Spring Mill State Park, near
Mitchell, Lawrence County. It still works; you can buy the ground
corn meal. |
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Gus Grissom's space suit, near
Mitchell, Lawrence County. There's a museum dedicated to the
Hoosier astronaut at Spring Mill State Park. |
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Larry Bird Boulevard
street sign, French Lick, Orange County. In his home town,
placed way up high so all can see (but no one can take). |
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James Dean headstone, Fairmount,
Grant County. The Hoosier actor's much-visited grave
site. |
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Paul Tillich memorial stone, New
Harmony, Posey County. The great theologian's ashes were scattered
in a garden in historic New Harmony. |
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Statue of Lafayette at the Tippecanoe
County Courthouse, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. Lafayette, he
is there. |
