Indiana

Entered State Hood

December 11,1816

Capital

Indianapolis

Famous People

Larry Bird basketball player
Bill Blass fashion designer
Hoagy Carmichael songwriter
James Dean actor, Marion
Eugene V. Debs Socialist leader
Theodore Dreiser writer
Bernard F. Gimbel merchant
Virgil Grissom astronaut

President

NONE

State Bird

Cardinal

State Tree

Yellow-poplar

State Flower

Peony

State Nickname

Hoosier State

State Motto

The Crossroads of America