The Indiana medal : commemorating the completion of a century of statehood, 1816-1916 (1916)
Scudder, Janet, b. 1873, Indiana Historical Commission · Indianapolis : [Indiana Historical Commission] · leaf 24
09 Congress passed an act of sepa-ration dividing the territories of In-diana and Illinois. This left the townof Vincennes on the western boundaryof the new Indiana Territory and amovement was soon started to locatethe capital where it would be nearerto the geographical center. After aspirited… … THE STATE HOUSE AT CORYDON forty feet square built of blue lime-stone. Numerous petitions were presentedto Congress asking that Indiana bemade a state. The population had been [15] THE INDIANA MEDAL *f* **. increasing rapidly, especially in theterritory along the Ohio and lowerWabash Rivers and in…
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