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Stories from the state of Indiana that put a lively twist on Hoosier history . . .

Entertaining and sometimes jaw-dropping, these true tales were recorded in reliable accounts or by reliable witnesses from early times to the present--and provide anecdotes from Indiana history that are funny, dramatic, quirky, and just plain amazing. Learn about:
General Ambrose Burnside, who blundered his way through the Civil War, relocated to Rhode Island, and served three terms as governor and two terms as US Senator--but is most remembered for his unique facial hair--that is, Burnside's "sideburns"
The three movie actors from Indiana who played Tarzan on screen
The Revolutionary War battle that took place in the famed Indiana sand dunes
The nineteenth-century town that may or may not have existed, but whose name lives on and more