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| Outside the Vigil I. Grissom Memorial at Spring Mill State Park near his hometown of Mitchell. The building contains a small museum dedicated to Mercury 7 Astronaut Gus Grissom. Grissom was the second American to travel into space aboard his "Libery Bell 7' spacecraft. At the museum is the first Gemini spacecraft the "Molly Brown". |
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 Seal |
| Website : www.state.in.us |
 Capital
:
Indianapolis |
 Highest
point :
Hoosier High Point, 1,257 feet |
 Area : 36,420 square miles,
38th largest state |
 Population : 6,080,485
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Crossroads of America
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 Admitted to
Union : December 11, 1816 |
 State
Song : "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" |
 State
Bird : Cardinal |
 State Flower : Peony |
 State Tree : Tulip-poplar |
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