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Indiana DYKs

• ... that the Bell Ford Bridge was the last Post Truss covered bridge to still stand, collapsing in January 2006? ^{August 29, 2008}
• ... that the Grand Lodge of Indiana was started at the Schofield House of Madison, Indiana's historic district on January 13, 1818? ^{July 31, 2008}
• ... that Stream Cliff Farm is the oldest herb farm in Indiana? ^{July 29, 2008}
• ... that the Crawford-Gilpin House is alleged to have once changed owners due to being lost as a wager in a poker game? ^{July 26, 2008}
• ... that the residents of Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1860 built a new school right next to a preexisting cemetery? ^{July 22, 2008}
• ... that an Indianapolis architect was sent to Château de Malmaison to replicate a copy of it in Indianapolis' Washington Park neighborhood? ^{July 18, 2008}
• ... that the base of the main memorial (pictured) at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, designed by Frederic Charles Hirons, has a dirt floor? ^{July 17, 2008}
• ... that an owner of the DeForest Skinner House was once the youngest railroad director in the United States? ^{July 16, 2008}
• ... that Harold's Steer-In in Indianapolis' North Irvington Gardens Historic District was the site of a 2005 MasterCard commercial featuring quarterback Peyton Manning? ^{July 16, 2008}
• ... that the Dr. Nelson Wilson House is unusual for having Eastlake stickwork done in brick instead of wood? ^{July 10, 2008}
• ... that construction of the courthouse (pictured) of the Rochester Downtown Historic District may have spurred nearby buildings to have faux stones cemented upon them? ^{July 10, 2008}
• ... that the first fire department in Indianapolis was established seventeen months after the first fire in the city? ^{July 8, 2008}
• ... that Pryor Brock Farmstead is the best representation of a farmstead, with Italianate buildings, around Zionsville, Indiana? ^{July 6, 2008}
• ... that Vic Aldridge, nicknamed the "Hoosier Schoolmaster", had the worst seventh game start for a pitcher in World Series history? ^{July 5, 2008}
• ... that despite holding "front-porch" speeches at his house (pictured) during his presidential campaign in 1888, Benjamin Harrison's home would not have a front porch until 1896? ^{June 21, 2008}
• ... that five thousand people went to Eugene V. Debs' home to attend his funeral sermon in 1926? ^{June 19, 2008}
• ... that Indiana's Morgan-Monroe State Forest features gold panning? ^{June 8, 2008}
• ... that large sandstone boulders rest atop trees in Yellowwood State Forest (example pictured) and no one knows how they got there? ^{June 6, 2008}
• ... that Hardy Lake is Indiana's smallest reservoir at 741 acres of surface area? ^{June 5, 2008}
• ... that the state of Indiana in 1972 set aside 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of Hoosier National Forest just for the purpose of reintroducing wild turkey to the Hoosier state? ^{May 31, 2008}
• ... that Indiana's Muscatatuck State Park was the first Indiana state park to need no additional financial assistance, even through it never charged admission? ^{May 27, 2008}
• ... that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service paid for the establishment of Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, along the Muscatatuck River, by selling waterfowl stamps? ^{May 22, 2008}
• ... that a Confederate scouting party entered Indiana in June 1863 dressed as an Union army patrol searching for deserters? ^{May 22, 2008}
• ... that Indiana's state parks were initially designed to preserve their natural state, but gradually began to include recreational activities? ^{May 20, 2008}
• ... that DePauw Avenue Historic District, New Albany, Indiana, was once the summer estate of the man who owned two thirds of the plate glass business of the United States? ^{May 14, 2008}
• ... that 37 people were killed during construction of the Big Four Bridge (pictured) connecting Louisville, Kentucky to Jeffersonville, Indiana across the Ohio River?
• ...that two US Presidents, Thomas Jefferson and William Henry Harrison, are responsible for the layout of the Old Jeffersonville Historic District? ^{April 23, 2008}
• ...that Shelby Place Historic District was begun due to the woodworking industries that revitalized New Albany, Indiana? ^{April 10, 2008}
• ...that New Albany, Indiana's Cedar Bough Place is the only "private street" in a city near Louisville, Kentucky? ^{April 9, 2008}
• ....that attractions at Indianapolis, Indiana's White City Amusement Park included baby incubators and a Mount Vesuvius reenactment?
• ...that 150 Irish from Indianapolis participated in the Fenian raids, an attempt to invade Canada from Buffalo, New York in 1866? ^{March 17, 2008}
• ...that the Indiana state constitution specifically states that Indianapolis' Military Park can never be sold? ^{March 12, 2008}
• ...that it took 38 years to build the Indiana World War Memorial (pictured), which deteriorated during its building?
• ...that the Murat Centre is the only Shrine temple with a French name, and is the largest Shrine temple in North America?
• ...that the Zouave Guards of Indianapolis volunteered to fight before the American Civil War broke out, but their leader Francis A. Shoup (pictured) switched sides and joined the Confederates before the war began?^{March 6, 2008}
• ...that a blue line marks where Pogue's Run once ran through downtown Indianapolis? ^{February 29, 2008}
• ...that the Indiana Medical History Museum is the oldest surviving pathology laboratory in the U.S.? ^{February 28, 2008}
• ...that Indiana's White River Park were the first state games to feature regional qualifiers instead of tryouts? ^{February 27, 2008}
• ...that the Battle of Pogue's Run was done to prevent Democrats from rising against the American Civil War in Indiana? ^{February 25, 2008}
• ...that four Indiana counties gave land to create Whitewater Memorial State Park as a memorial to fallen American soldiers of World War II? ^{February 24, 2008}
• ...that Clark State Forest was Indiana's largest Civilian Conservation Corps cantonment? ^{February 23, 2008}
• ...that Caesars Indiana's The Glory of Rome is the largest riverboat in North America, and the largest riverboat casino in the world?
• ...that the only New Deal housing project with spacious, wide-open areas was Lockefield Gardens? ^{February 7, 2008}
• ...that visitors to James Whitcomb Riley's boyhood home inspired Riley to write many of his poems, including Little Orphant Annie? ^{February 6, 2008}
• ...that the construction of the James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home was paid for by the owner's contract to supply hardtack to Union troops in the American Civil War? ^{February 5, 2008}
• ...that famed Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley would regularly supply the children of the Lockerbie Square with candy on his walks? ^{February 4, 2008}
• ...that Indiana state governor Frank O'Bannon stayed at Fort Harrison State Park while the governor's mansion was being made handicapped-accessible? ^{February 3, 2008}
• ...that residents of Indianapolis came to the aid of Confederate prisoners of war at Camp Morton, providing food, clothing, and nursing? ^{February 2, 2008}
• ...that Jacob Piatt Dunn in 1886 wrote the first scholarly history concerning the Indian Wars? ^{February 2, 2008}
• ...that Indianapolis' Garfield Park Conservatory was the first glass and welded-aluminum conservatory in the United States? ^{February 2, 2008}
• ...that the Indiana Historical Society is the oldest state historical society west of the Allegheny Mountains? ^{January 31, 2008}
• ...that Adam R. Johnson's Newburgh Raid, using two stovepipes, charred wood, a broken wagon, and only 27 men, resulted in the first capture of a northern town in the American Civil War? ^{January 26, 2008}
• ...that no commercial boat has beaten the steamboat Robert E. Lee's 1870 speed record between New Orleans and St. Louis of 90 hours and 14 minutes to this day? ^{January 12, 2008}
• ...that during the American Civil War, Indiana, a Northern state, saw one township secede from the Union? ^{January 9, 2008}
• ...that Indianapolis's Scottish Rite Cathedral is the largest building dedicated to Freemasonry in the United States, and features many measurements in multiples of 33? ^{January 6, 2008}
• ...that New Harmony's Atheneum is named after the ancient Greek temple to the goddess Athena, the Athenaion? ^{December 30, 2007}
• ...that only eight of the planned 296 miles of the Indiana Central Canal were built, due to Indiana being bankrupted by the Panic of 1837? ^{December 14, 2007}
• ...that the establishment of Camp Joe Holt, the first significant act to keep Kentucky from fully seceding to the Confederate States of America, had to be done in Indiana? ^{November 18, 2007}
• ...that despite having only $300,000 to the incumbent's $4 million in campaign funds, Greg Ballard won the 2007 mayoral election in Indianapolis, one of the biggest electoral upsets in Indiana history?^{November 13, 2007}
• ...that Parke County, Indiana bills itself as the Covered Bridge Capital of the World because it has more covered bridges than any other county in the United States? ^{September 16, 2007}
• ...that slavery existed in Indiana as late as 1840, even though Indiana was always a free state above the Mason-Dixon line, and slavery had been outlawed in the region due to the Northwest Ordinance in 1787? ^{June 5, 2007}
• ...that German-born Richard Lieber, the founder of Indiana state parks, started the trend of American state parks having inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more? ^{May 20, 2007}
• ...that the Kintner-Withers House's Cedar Farm is the only antebellum plantation in the state of Indiana? ^{November 5, 2006.}
• ...that in 1996 Andy Campbell, a ranger serving as Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation's caretaker, was shot to death by a wandering drunk who trespassed onto the property, the first such incident in the history of Scouting? ^{September 5, 2006}

  Kentucky DYKs

• ... that visitors to the Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, Kentucky's historic district included King Louis-Philippe of France and Queen Marie of Romania? ^{September 6, 2008}
• ... that horseshoeing was among the courses taught at the Masonic University? ^{September 5, 2008}
• ... that D. W. Griffith bought a house for his mother that had been used as a funeral home? ^{August 13, 2008}
• ... that Rob Morris's first home in La Grange, Kentucky was burned to the ground, and his books had to be saved by the Union army? ^{August 12, 2008}
• ... that Kentucky judge John Milton Elliott was murdered by a fellow judge after adjudicating in a case involving the latter's sister? ^{August 10, 2008}
• ... that magazines like the Southern Bivouac and the Southern Historical Society Papers helped to spread the belief of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy?
• ... that Confederate spy Thomas Hines (pictured, left) had to escape Detroit by ferryboat due to being confused with assassin John Wilkes Booth (pictured, right)? ^{August 8, 2008}
• ... that after switching sides multiple times during the American Civil War, Benjamin Anderson committed suicide, saying he "would prefer being dead than disgraced"?
• ... that although on private property, the Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (pictured) outside Perryville, Kentucky was built by the federal government sixty-six years after the battle? ^{August 4, 2008}
• ... that the Confederate Monument in Perryville was built by the government of Kentucky to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Perryville, and 5,000–10,000 people attended its dedication?
• ... that the Union Monument in Perryville is one of only seven monuments in Kentucky dedicated to Union soldiers, and it took an act of Congress to build it? ^{August 2, 2008}
• ... that singer Elvis Presley (pictured) is said to have made an impromptu performance at Colonial Gardens in Louisville's Senning's Park, while visiting his nearby grandparents? ^{July 28, 2008}
• ... that the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home, founded by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, is the oldest Masonic Home foundation in North America? ^{July 26, 2008}
• ... that Riverside Drive Historic District in Covington, Kentucky marks where the first white settlers in the Cincinnati area lived? ^{July 5, 2008}
• ... that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building in Louisville, Kentucky is one of the largest commercial Beaux Arts buildings still in existence?
• ... that Jenny Wiley State Resort Park is named after a woman who escaped from Cherokees, after her three-month-old child was killed by tomahawk? ^{June 18, 2008}
• ... that less than an acre remains of the original 400-acre (160 ha) property of the Zachary Taylor House, built by Richard Taylor? ^{June 18, 2008}
• ... that the United States owns all of Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, except where Zachary Taylor and his family are actually buried? ^{June 17, 2008}
• ... that Taylorsville Lake State Park is the most heavily stocked lake in Kentucky? ^{June 15, 2008}
• ... that the Latham Confederate Monument of Hopkinsville, Kentucky was supposed to honor both Confederate and Union soldiers? ^{June 14, 2008}
• ... that the L & N Railroad depot in Hopkinsville, Kentucky's commercial district was a popular stop on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad due to the fact that one could legally purchase alcohol there? ^{June 14, 2008}
• ... that Hopkinsville, Kentucky's tribute to Confederate veterans was a public drinking fountain? ^{June 12, 2008}
• ... that 13 separate churches served the German population of Louisville in the 19th century? ^{June 11, 2008}
• ... that the oldest firehouse still standing in Louisville, Kentucky was once a church? ^{May 30, 2008}
• ... that the Captain Andrew Offutt Monument barely mentioning Sherman's March to the Sea makes it only one of two Civil War related monuments in Kentucky to stress strong Union sentiment? ^{May 28, 2008}
• ... that among the ways the citizens of Danville, Kentucky memorialized Confederate forces locally included givng up their own grave plots? ^{May 27, 2008}
• ... that the Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort, Kentucky is the only one dedicated to Black Union soldiers in Kentucky, and only one of four in the United States? ^{May 22, 2008}
• ... that Kentucky's Livermore Bridge starts and ends in McLean County, but passes over two rivers and Ohio County to reach its destination? ^{May 20, 2008}
• ... that the oldest courthouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is in the historic district of Greensburg, Kentucky? ^{May 19, 2008}
• ... that