Northern Indiana is part of the great industrial belt of the United States. Indiana's 41-mile Lake Michigan waterfront one of the world's great industrial centers' turns out iron, steel, and oil products, though many of these jobs have moved to other shores in recent years.
Products produced there include automobile parts and accessories, mobile homes and recreational vehicles, truck and bus bodies, aircraft engines, farm machinery, and fabricated structural steel. Wood office furniture and pharmaceuticals are also manufactured.
Indiana is a leader in agriculture with corn the principal crop. Hogs, soybeans, wheat, oats, rye, tomatoes, onions, and poultry also contribute heavily to Indiana's agricultural output.
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Northern Indiana is part of the great industrial belt of the United States. Indiana's 41-mile Lake Michigan waterfront one of the world's great industrial centers' turns out iron, steel, and oil products, though many of these jobs have moved to other shores in recent years.
Products produced there include automobile parts and accessories, mobile homes and recreational vehicles, truck and bus bodies, aircraft engines, farm machinery, and fabricated structural steel. Wood office furniture and pharmaceuticals are also manufactured.
Indiana is a leader in agriculture with corn the principal crop. Hogs, soybeans, wheat, oats, rye, tomatoes, onions, and poultry also contribute heavily to Indiana's agricultural output.
Interesting fact about Indiana: Much of the building limestone used in the U.S. is quarried in Indiana. Indiana is also a large producer of coal. Other mineral commodities include crushed stone, cement, and sand and gravel.
Indiana CollegesIndiana is a diverse state. It is home to cultural institutions, professional sports, and has many very successful college sports teams. It borders Chicago and all that that big city has to offer to the north, while it's southern border is considered the beginning of America's southern heartland.
Wyandotte Cave, one of the largest in the U.S., is located in Crawford County in southern Indiana, and West Baden and French Lick (home of basketball legend Larry Bird) are well known for their mineral springs. Other attractions include Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, and the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park.
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