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'''Indiana''' is the nineteenth state to enter the union. Its capital and largest city is [[Indianapolis]]. Indiana is bordered by [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Illinois]], and [[Michigan]].
 
'''Indiana''' is the nineteenth state to enter the union. Its capital and largest city is [[Indianapolis]]. Indiana is bordered by [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Illinois]], and [[Michigan]].
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Indiana is recognized as the 'Limestone capital of the world' with more limestone quarried from the state than anywhere else in the world.
    
==Notable people from Indiana==
 
==Notable people from Indiana==
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* Hoagy Carmichael, Songwriter
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* Jim Davis, Creator of Garfield the Cat
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* Eugene V Debs, Socialist Presidential Candidate
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* Orville Redenbacher, Popcorn Magnate
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* Steve McQueen, Actor
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* James Dean, Actor
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* Karl Malden, Actor
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* Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist
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* Lew Wallace, Civil War General, Author ( Ben Hur )
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* Wendell Wilkie Presidential Candidate 1940.
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* Alfred Kinsey, Sex researcher 
 
*Senator [[Evan Bayh]] an alleged Presidential Candidate and former governer.
 
*Senator [[Evan Bayh]] an alleged Presidential Candidate and former governer.
 
*Notorious bank robber [[John Dillinger]] was born in Brightwood.
 
*Notorious bank robber [[John Dillinger]] was born in Brightwood.
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