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About Indiana

Santa Claus, Indiana, receives more than one-half million letters and requests at Christmas time.

Stolen Profits
In June 1972, Lowell Elliot of Peru, Indiana, was said to have found $500,000 in cash on his farm. It appeared as if the money had fallen from the sky. And in fact, it did. A skyjacker parachuting out of a plane had dropped his stolen profits over Elliot’s farm. Elliot returned the money to the authorities.

Goldfish
The first successful goldfish farm in the United States was opened in Martinsville, Indiana, in 1899.

Corn
In a typical year, almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted in corn.

The Slippery Noodle Inn
During Prohibition, the Al Brady and John Dillinger gangs were patrons of the Slippery Noodle Inn, one of Indiana’s oldest bars. Established in 1850, the Inn considered itself Indiana’s oldest bar. The gangs used the building in the rear (originally a horse stable for the Inn) for target practice. Today, several bullets remain embedded in the lower east wall.

The Indiana Dunes
The Indiana Dunes region provides habitat for many unusual plants, including prickly pear cactus, lichen mosses, bearberry, and more than 20 varieties of orchids.

Indiana Vice Presidents
There have been five men from Indiana who have been elected
vice president: Schuyler Colfax, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall and Dan Quayle. They have earned Indiana the nickname “Mother of Vice Presidents.”

Private colleges and universities
• Ancilla College
• Anderson University
• Art Institute of Indianapolis
• Butler University
• Calumet College of St. Joseph
• Christian Theological Seminary
• Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne campus)
• DeVry University
• Holy Cross College
• Huntington University
• Hyles-Anderson College
• Indiana Institute of Technology
• Indiana Wesleyan University
• Kaplan College
• Manchester College (Indiana)
• Martin University
• Oakland City University
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Saint Meinrad School of Theology
• Taylor University
• Trine University (formerly known as Tri-State University)
• University of Evansville
• University of Indianapolis
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Saint Francis
• Valparaiso University

Private liberal arts colleges

• Bethel College (Indiana)
• DePauw University
• Earlham College
• Franklin College
• Goshen College
• Grace College & Seminary
• Grace College & Seminary
• Hanover College
• Marian College (Indiana)
• Saint Joseph’s College, Indiana
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
• Saint Mary’s College (Indiana)
• Wabash College

Public colleges and universities
• Ball State University
• Indiana State University
• Indiana University System
• Indiana University (Bloomington)
• Indiana University East (Richmond)
• Indiana University Kokomo
• Indiana University Northwest
• Indiana University South Bend
• Indiana University Southeast
• Indiana University-Purdue University Joint Campuses
• Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC
• Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
• Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
• Purdue University System
• Purdue University
• Purdue University Calumet
• Purdue University North Central
• Purdue University College of Technology
• University of Southern Indiana
• Vincennes University