H is for Hoosier: An Indiana AlphabetIndiana is called the Hoosier State and its people are known as Hoosiers, although historians don't really know why. They do, however, have several ideas about the origins of the famous nickname. Children can learn these origins and other facts about the Hoosier state in H is for Hoosier: An Indiana Alphabet, written by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds and illustrated by Bruce Langton. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
500 automobile race Abraham Lincoln Amish live Arthur Franklin Mapes astronauts to fly basketball beneath southern Indiana bird Born in Mitchell called the Hoosier capital in 1825 Cardinal city of Indiana County Crossroads of America Cynthia Furlong Reynolds Dan Quayle deep beneath southern dunes Elwood Haynes explored George Rogers Clark governor Grand Central Station Greenfield in 1849 Grissom Air Museum Hoosier Poet Horses pull Indiana became Indiana Gazette Indiana is called Indiana means Land Indiana Territory Indiana's lands Indiana's southern border Indianapolis 500 automobile Indianapolis Motor Speedway invented James Naismith James Whitcomb Riley Jonathan Jennings Kokomo Lake Michigan Land of Indians launched lived on Indiana's look memorabilia Natives official state tree Ohio River peonies Quayle railroad tracks slaves stopped Soybean stalactites and stalagmites stalagmite grows star state's Territory's first capital tulip tree tulip-shaped flowers Twenty-three tribes lived Underground Railroad vice presidents Vincennes Virgil Gus wagons whistles Wyandotte Cave Zionsville