Road Trip! Day 5 & 6 Third Stop: Indiana

2 Franklin, IN History

Franklin, Indiana is located 20 miles south of . Franklin was established in 1823. The city was named after Benjamin Franklin. Downtown Franklin is noted for the number of well-maintained, older houses and early brick streets. Landmark buildings include the Johnson County Courthouse and the Artcraft Theatre. Due west of the Artcraft is City Hall, a Colonial Revival building constructed in 1936 to be used as a post office. It was designed by architect Louis A. Simon under Postmaster General James Farley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UohyU1JHFs

3 Franklin, IN History Franklin, IN Facts The December 2, 1940 issue of Life magazine included a photo essay by Bernard Hoffman entitled, "A Small Town's Saturday Night," depicting farmer Glen Dunn and family on a typical Saturday night in Franklin: Dad getting a haircut, and the kids seeing a movie at the Artcraft, people at the drugstore, as well as photos of other social spots, such as Nick's Candy Kitchen and the town's "lovers' lane." The nighttime photo showing double-parked cars and thick crowds on Jefferson Street is perhaps the best known of the set. According to the late-20th century critic James Guimond in his book on American photography.

4 Morning Pointe of Franklin, IN NOW 21 YEARS OLD! Morning Pointe Senior Living opened Morning Pointe of Franklin, IN, in 1999.

5 Morning Pointe of Franklin, IN Morning Pointe of Franklin, IN is one of the 12 Morning Pointe buildings in the Bluegrass Region, covering buildings in the Kentucky and Indiana area.

Bluegrass Buildings include:

1. Morning Pointe of Danville 7. The Lantern at Morning Pointe, Lexington

2. Morning Pointe of Frankfort 8. Morning Pointe of Louisville

3. The Lantern at Morning Pointe, Frankfort 9. The Lantern at Morning Pointe, Louisville

4. Morning Pointe of Franklin, IN 10. Morning Pointe of Richmond

5. Morning Pointe of Lexington 11. Morning Pointe of Russell

6. Morning Pointe of Lexington-east 12. The Lantern at Morning Pointe, Russell

6 What is Indiana’s History?

Indianapolis was founded in 1821 as the state capital, which it officially became in 1825 Indianapolis had become a major rail center by the start of the in 1861, and its importance to Union logistics spurred further growth; its population more than doubled between 1860 and 1870

7 Indianapolis is one of the largest inland cities in the United States not located on any navigable body of water.

8 Companies & Products

9 Companies & Products

Several major international companies have operations in Franklin, Indiana: Toyota, NSK, KYB and Mitsubishi.

10 Companies & Products

Steak 'n Shake Operations, Inc. (doing business as Steak 'n Shake) is an American casual restaurant chain concentrated primarily in the with locations also in the South, Mid- Atlantic and Western United States, Europe, and the Middle East.

The company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Steak ‘n Shake has 628 locations.

11 Companies & Products

The Franklin, IN Toyota KYB produces automotive Mistubishi’s plant in Franklin, location operates as a products such as shock Indiana manufactures automotive distribution center. absorbers. air conditioning systems.

12 CompaniesCompanies & Products & Products In 2016, NSK celebrated its 100th anniversary. NSK has three core business segments: 1. Machine bearings; 2. Automotive products 3. Precision machinery and parts.

13 Famous People

14 spentAbraham his childhood, Lincoln from ,age one 7 of – our21 years, living in Abraham's mostfather famousThomas presidents Lincoln had in the lost history two previous homes in Kentucky,of our country one at wasthe Sinking from Indiana Spring Farm where Lincoln was born, in part through problems with land titles.

Because Kentucky had not had proper land surveys in its early years, many residents were forced off their farms after surveys were completed and land titles were challenged. In 1815 he went to Indiana to locate a new homestead for his family. He wanted to live in a free state rather than compete with farmers who used slave labor.

The family took two weeks in 1816 to move to Spencer County in southern Indiana, settling at the Little Pigeon Creek Community.

15 Janet Langhart, an award-winning David Letterman, a former television journalist and author. Janet is television host, writer, producer married to , the former U.S. and comedian Secretary of Defense

16 Abraham Lincoln, one of our most famous presidents in the history Steve McQueen was an Americanof our actor.countryMcQueen was from was Indiana nicknamed "The King of Cool", and his antihero persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s made him a top box-office draw during the 1960s and 1970s.

McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles. His other popular films include The Kid, The Getaway, and Papillon, as well as the all-star ensemble films The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and The Towering Inferno.

In 1974, he became the highest-paid movie star in the world, although he did not act in films again for four years.

17 was an American Riley was an American writer, politician and lawyer who served as the poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he 23rd president of the United States from was known as the " Poet" and "Children's 1889 to 1893. He was a grandson of the Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. ninth president, William Henry Harrison, creating the only grandfather–grandson duo to have held the office.

18 Abraham Lincoln, one of our most famous presidents in the history Max Terhune was an Americanof our film country actor born was from Indiana in Franklin, Indiana. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956.

Among these, Terhune starred in the Three Mesquiteers and Range Busters series.

Besides being an actor, he was a ventriloquist, whistler and animal imitator, and magician. Card tricks were his forte, and he often performed such in his movies. His former act included juggling, bird calls and barnyard animal impressions, talents also incorporated into his sidekick roles.

19 Marjorie Main who was an American Harry von Zell was an American announcer of radio character actress and singer of the Classical programs, and an actor in films and television shows. He period, best known as a Metro- is best remembered for his work on The George Burns Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and and Gracie Allen Show, and for once mispronouncing 1950s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in ten Ma President Herbert Hoover's name on the air. and Pa Kettle movies.

20 Sports

21 The city attracted such Beginning in the organizations as the National 1970s, Indianapolis Institute for Fitness and worked to make itself Sport, a centre of sports- an international centre physiology research, of amateur sports, an Indianapolis Tennis Center effort that produced (1979) and the Major Taylor considerable Velodrome (1982), a economic growth. bicycle-racing track

22 Lucas Oil Stadium (2008) is home to the Colts professional football team, where famed University of Tennessee graduate, Peyton Manning was the quarterback for 14 seasons.

Bankers Life Fieldhouse (1999; formerly Conseco Fieldhouse) hosts the Pacers (men’s) and Fever (women’s) professional basketball teams

23 Franklin, IN Sports

Franklin, IN became nationally famous during the 1920s due to the outstanding athletic achievements of the local high school basketball team, who became known as the Franklin Wonder Five.

A small group who had played together as boys, led by Fuzzy Vandivier and coached by Ernest "Griz" Wagner, they became the first high school team to win the state championship for three consecutive years (1920–22).

24 Franklin, IN Sports

The youths followed Wagner to the local Franklin College, where he became coach and they earned the title of national college champions in 1923.

They turned down an offer to play against the top professional team, the New Celtics.

George Crowe (brother of Ray), was first Indiana Mr. Basketball in 1939, and played professional baseball with a variety of teams. (Front row - #9) 25 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race is the world's oldest currently operational automobile race. Better known as the Indy 500 or the Indianapolis 500. The name of the race is often shortened to Indy 500, and the track itself is nicknamed the "Brickyard", as the racing surfacing was paved in brick in the fall of 1909, with a yard of brick remaining exposed at the start/finish line.

26 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

The Indianapolis 500 is held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 2.5-mile (4 km) oval circuit.

The track is a rounded-rectangle, with four distinct turns of identical dimensions, connected by four straightaways (two long straightaways and two "short chutes").

Drivers race 200 laps, counter-clockwise around the circuit, for a distance of 500 miles (800 km). Since its inception in 1911, the race has always been scheduled on or around Memorial Day.

27 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

The event is steeped in tradition, in pre- race ceremonies, post-race celebrations, and race procedure.

The most noteworthy and most popular traditions are the 33-car field lining up three-wide for the start, the annual singing of "Back Home Again in Indiana," and the victory lane bottle of milk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dkiI5piCqI&list= PLEpOsC5QfSBDHSa_ljBY_iKu7cflIyFFQ&index=2

28 Food & Restaurants

29 Among the many artwork tributes to Coney Island's famous hot dogs on the restaurant’s west wall, is a large framed black and white photograph of the interior taken in the early 1930s. If you study the picture and then glance at the real-life present, you will see almost no difference.

The employees’ uniforms and the ceiling fixtures have changed, but, overall, the similarities are striking, from the same stools and tables to the large faced clock on the east wall. The same McCray cooler from the 30's is still in operation.

Operated by the same family since 1916, Coney Island is one of many Indiana eateries established by Macedonians and maintained by their descendants.

30 Abraham Lincoln, one of our Ritters Frozen Custardmost famous presidents in the history of our country was from Indiana Franklin is home of the first Ritters Frozen Custard, which became a national brand. In 1948, John Ritter of , Illinois, had an after- school job working at a local ice cream shop.

One of the best perks of the job was getting to eat ice cream just out of the machine—before it had been packed and frozen solid. The experience of tasting smooth, creamy, fresh-made ice cream made an indelible impression on young John.

After his retirement from his jobs as an aerial photographer and film animation, John decided to open a genuine, old-fashioned ice cream shoppe. After perfecting their own frozen custard recipe, John and his wife, Bonny, opened the first Ritter’s Frozen Custard shoppe in Franklin, Indiana, in 1989.

31 Famous Indiana Foods

Coney Dog Popcorn, Chocolate Chucky Frito Pie Popcorn, Banana Bread Guacamole or 3 Cheese served with Popcorn Tortilla Chips

32 Popcorn - Indiana is among the country’s top popcorn producers, second only to Nebraska, and is home to several national companies.

Twin sisters and business partners Mandy Selke and Carly Swift have made their Just Pop In brand of small-batch gourmet popcorn into a local favorite.

The lineup of flavors includes varieties made with local beer, cookies, pizza – even Smoking Goose bacon.

33 What is the Difference between a Coney dog and a chili dog? Some believe Coney dogs have “a special type of sauce (different from chili sauce), chopped onions and relish and no mustard,” while others claim the real difference is whether beans are in the chili sauce.

34 Famous Museums

35 The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (1926) is the largest museum of its kind in the world and is one of the most frequently visited museums in the country.

36 The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

It is 472,900 square feet (43,933.85 m2) with five floors of exhibit halls and receives more than one million visitors annually. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items is divided into three domains: the American Collection, the Cultural World Collection, and the Natural World Collection.

Among the exhibits are a simulated Cretaceous dinosaur habitat, a carousel, a steam locomotive, and the glass sculpture Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling.

37 The Museum of Miniature Houses Rhythm Discovery Center The Museum has hosted more than 106,000 visitors Rhythm! Discovery Center is the since its opening in 1993, who come from all over the world’s foremost drum and United States and an average of a dozen foreign percussion museum; founded by countries each year. The Museum is one of only a few the Percussive Arts Society in museums in the country that is devoted to the art of 2009. Rhythm! features unique, fine scale miniature. interactive exhibits highlighting a rich collection of historic artifacts Miniature houses are exact replicas of the real thing, and hands-on percussion unlike a dollhouse that is designed as a plaything. A instruments. miniature chair will look exactly like a life-sized chair, only much smaller.

38 James Whitcomb Riley Museum The “Hoosier Poet” became a national celebrity through his poetry and performances, as he introduced audiences across America to the vernacular and attitudes of the Indiana countryside through his “dialect poetry.” He performed to packed theaters and sold thousands of anthologies of his poetry, and at the peak of his career moved into the home at 528 Lockerbie Street. He resided here until his death on July 22, 1916.

One of the country’s only late-Victorian preservation is a National Historic Landmark which offers visitors a glimpse into the life of the great “Hoosier Poet.” Built in 1872 in the Italianate style of architecture, authentic furnishings and artifacts include Mr. Riley’s writing desk and his famous top hat and cane.

39 The Days Gone By And the ripples of the river lipped the moss along the brink Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footed cattle came to drink, BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY And the tilting snipe stood fearless of the truant’s wayward cry O the days gone by! O the days gone by! And the splashing of the swimmer, in the days gone by. The apples in the orchard, and the pathway through the rye; The chirrup of the robin, and the whistle of the quail O the days gone by! O the days gone by! As he piped across the meadows sweet as any nightingale; The music of the laughing lip, the luster of the eye; When the bloom was on the clover, and the blue was in the sky, The childish faith in fairies, and Aladdin’s magic ring— And my happy heart brimmed over in the days gone by. The simple, soul-reposing, glad belief in everything,— When life was like a story, holding neither sob nor sigh, In the days gone by, when my naked feet were tripped In the golden olden glory of the days gone by. By the honey-suckle’s tangles where the water-lilies dipped,

40 NCAA Hall of Champions The NCAA Hall of Champions seeks to provide a greater understanding of the NCAA, including its membership of more than 1,000 colleges and universities and over 400,000 student-athletes.

On the first level, all 24 NCAA sports are represented and include trivia challenges, current team rankings, video highlights, and artifacts donated from colleges around the nation.

Play, on the second level, is a fully interactive area to compete virtually and hands-on through sports simulators, a 1930s retro gymnasium, ski simulator and more.

41 Famous Musicians

42 Michael Jackson, Nicknamed the "King of Pop" Jackson was named "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time" by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2006. Jackson's singing career began in Gary, where he spent his earliest years in a roughly the size of a two-car garage — 2300 Jackson St. Nine children of Joseph and Katherine Jackson lived in the house, and sons Michael, Tito, Marlon, Jackie and Jermaine became the dynamic Jackson 5 singing group.

Video; Michael Jackson “Man in the Mirror” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc

43 Cole Porter ranks among the greatest songwriters of the 20th century. Born in Peru, Ind., in 1891, Porter composed music and lyrics for Broadway shows across 39 years — highlighted by "Paris" (1928), "Anything Goes" (1934) and "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948). Porter's songs, remarkably durable across generations, feature lyrics that are "urbane or witty" paired to melodies boasting a "sinuous, brooding quality," as The Associated Press reported in his 1964 obituary. He returned to Indiana to oversee Westleigh, the 750-acre estate in Miami County where Cole Porter grew up. Video – Cole Porter “Anything Goes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7NJ9ylAhos Video – Cole Porter “You’re the Top https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6oGytt0Hiw Video – Cole Porter “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cuArUG6sOc

44 Hoagy Carmichael, "Hoagy" Carmichael composed enduring tunes "Stardust" and "Georgia (On My Mind)." "Stardust," written in Carmichael's hometown of Bloomington in 1927, has been recorded more than 1,500 times — making it one of the most popular songs of the 20th century. Pianist Carmichael recorded an instrumental version of "Stardust" at Gennett studios in Richmond, and Tin Pan Alley lyricist Mitchell Parish added words to the song in 1929. "Georgia," written in 1930 by Carmichael with lyrics by fellow Hoosier Stuart.Gorrell, became a signature hit for Ray Charles in 1960. Carmichael (1899-1981) won an Academy Award in the category of best original song. "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" appeared in 1951 film "Here Comes the

Video – Hoagy Carmichael “Georgia on My Mind” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kigCFJQnp78 Video – Hoagy Carmichael “Stardust” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzUp234nWx8

45 Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music wasn’t born in Indiana, but he embraced the state as hallowed ground. Monroe (1911-1996) spent significant time in Indiana during two phases of his career. Bill’s first radio appearances were broadcast from Hammond station WWAE and Gary’s WJKS. The dry-witted Monroe was widely quoted as saying, “Bluegrass is wonderful music. I’m glad I originated it.” Monroe lived in Indiana as a young man for reasons of self-preservation.

▪ Video: Bill Monroe “Rawhide” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB26S7cj3n0 ▪ Video: Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYTvj9Z_rlo ▪ Video: Bill Monroe with Dolly Parton ▪ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bill+monroe

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