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| The George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes. The monument marks the site where Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark and his frontiersmen captured Fort Sackvilleon February 25, 1779. The victory here helped secure American clams on territory that would
become the modern day states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin in the 1783 Treaty of Paris following the American Revolution. |
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Flag |
 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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