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"Our Indiana Friends"
First explored for France by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, in 1679–1680, the region figured importantly in the
Franco-British struggle for North America that culminated with British victory in 1763.
George Rogers Clark led American forces against the British in the area
during the Revolutionary War and, prior to becoming a state, Indiana was the scene of frequent Indian uprisings until the victories of Gen. Anthony Wayne at Fallen Timbers in
1794 and Gen. William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe in 1811.
During the 19th century, Indiana was the site of several experimental communities, including
those established by George Rapp and Robert Owen at New Harmony.
Indiana's 41-mile Lake Michigan waterfront — one of the world's great industrial centers —
turns out iron, steel, and oil products. Products include automobile parts and
mobile homes and recreational vehicles, truck and bus bodies, aircraft engines, farm
machinery, and fabricated structural steel. Wood office furniture and
pharmaceuticals are also manufactured.
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