These readings provide an overview of Indiana history based upon primary and secondary acounts of significant events and personalities. This treasure trove includes work by George Rogers Clark, Emma Lou Thornbrough, George Ade, Dan Wakefield, and many more.

RALPH D. GRAY is Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of American Studies at Indiana University--Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Preface
Preface to The Hooster State
Indiana: The Land and the People	p. 1
A Poetic Question	p. 7
Indiana: A New Perspective	p. 8
Indian Achievements	p. 16
Indiana's Prehistoric Cultures	p. 17
The First Europeans	p. 22
The Failure of French Policy	p. 22
The French Fort at Vincennes	p. 29
A Historian's View	p. 37
The Characters of Henry Hamilton and George Rogers Clark Compared	p. 38
A Participant Writes	p. 45
Our March Upon Vincennes	p. 45
An Enlightened Western Policy	p. 52
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787	p. 53
Contrary Patterns in Territorial Life	p. 61
Democratic Influences in Territorial Indiana	p. 62
Slavery in the Indiana Territory	p. 67
A Classic Confrontation	p. 70
Tecumseh, Harrison, and the War of 1812	p. 71
The Battle of Tippecanoe	p. 77
An Eyewitness Account of Tippecanoe	p. 78
Chief Shabonee's Account of Tippecanoe	p. 82
The Nineteenth State	p. 87
Statehood Achieved	p. 88
Pioneers	p. 96
The Settlers	p. 96
Senator Smith's Reminiscences	p. 100
Cultural Centers of the 1820s	p. 106
Robert Owen's New Harmony	p. 107
William Conner's Farm	p. 112
Establishing the Public Schools	p. 116
Transportation Problems and Plans	p. 121
The Wabash and Erie Canal	p. 122
Beginning the Railroad Network	p. 126
Pioneer Agriculture	p. 134
The Farming Seasons	p. 134
The First State Fair	p. 141
Political Developments	p. 145
The Fugitive Slave Law in Operation	p. 145
Birth of the Republican Party in Indiana	p. 148
The Impact of War upon Indiana	p. 155
Indiana in the Civil War	p. 155
Morgan's Raid into Southern Indiana, July 1863	p. 164
Postwar Patterns	p. 171
The 1870s in Context	p. 173
Governor "Blue Jeans" Williams	p. 180
Natural Gas	p. 186
The Gas Boom	p. 186
Life in the Capital City	p. 192
Indianapolis and Midwestern Culture	p. 192
Manufacturing and Industry	p. 200
The Growth of Manufacturing	p. 201
A New Industry	p. 208
Politics and Prohibition	p. 214
The Riddle of Governor Hanly	p. 214
Roads and Rails	p. 221
Farmers, Postmen, and the Good Roads Movement	p. 221
Indiana's Interurban System	p. 228
Inventions	p. 235
Stellite: "Not Steel but Its Master"	p. 235
The State Centennial	p. 244
Centennial Legacy: The State Park System	p. 245
Practitioners of the Art	p. 250
Hoosier Authors: Who and Why	p. 250
A Cartoonist and a Humorist	p. 260
Autobiographical Excerpts	p. 263
Grandfather's Pants	p. 263
An Ernie Pyle Sampler	p. 269
The Tradition Continues	p. 276
Kurt Vonnegut	p. 276
Jean Shepherd	p. 285
The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana	p. 291
The Klan and a Congressman	p. 292
The Rise and Fall of D. C. Stephenson	p. 302
Higher Education	p. 312
Professor Kinsey at Indiana	p. 313
Politics and Society during the Depression	p. 323
Depression Governor	p. 325
The WPA in Indiana	p. 331
The Revival of the Republican Party	p. 335
Tenant Farming Life During the Depression	p. 341
The Urban Home Front	p. 352
Indiana's Mobilization for War	p. 352
Race Relations in Indiana	p. 357
A Summary View	p. 357
Political Issues following 1945	p. 360
Senator William E. Jenner	p. 362
House Resolution No. 2	p. 371
Repeal of the Resolution	p. 375
Economic Issues	p. 379
The Struggle for Burns Harbor	p. 380
Indianapolis on the Rebound	p. 384
Political Issues	p. 390
The 1964 Primary Election	p. 392
One Person, One Vote?	p. 403
High School and Collegiate Sports	p. 406
Indiana's Cinderella Basketball Team	p. 407
Small College Rivalry: Wabash vs. DePauw	p. 412
The Hoosier Character	p. 420
Indiana in the 1950s	p. 421
A Bicentennial View	p. 430
Index	p. 437
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