The Hoosiers, the name residents of Indiana are known, though probably coined after the states strong basketball tradition, its origin is somewhat vague. Nationally, Indiana is known for its sports teams; the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, champions of the XLI Super Bowl; or who would forget Reggie Miller of the NBA's Indiana Pacers; and last but not least is the Indianapolis 500 motor sports race, the largest single-day sporting event in the world.
The capital Indianapolis had been planned like the spokes of a wheel, with the Monument Circle as the core from which streets and interstate superhighways radiate out like spokes of the wheel, a fitting tribute to the world's greatest auto race spectacle - the Indy 500. The massive development of Indianapolis has eaten up thousand of arable land to house manufacturing plants that churn out the bulk of the state revenues.
In the process, manufacturing employs one out of four workers, particularly Gary and Hammond that anchors one of the world's great industrial regions.
Indiana literally is known as "Indian Land" or "Land of the Indians" had an official
Flag of Indiana adopted on May 31, 1917, it was the first
state flag and had remained so until a statute was created to standardize the production of the emblem.
In a field of blue, the flag have a gold torch at the center, representing liberty and enlightenment; the rays that radiate around the torch delve into its far-reaching influence. The inner five stars are for the subsequent five states added to the union; while the thirteen outside circle of stars are for the original members of the union. And one large star right above the torch represents Indiana.
by:
The Flagman
