State capitals

[anneb_in at yahoo.com]

A short history of Indiana and its capitol, Indianapolis:
Indiana was originally a part of the Northwest Territory.  When the 
Indiana Territory was split off from the Northwest territory, 
Vincennes was the territorial capitol.  After the Michigan and 
Illinois Territories were split off from the Indiana Territory, 
Vincennes was no longer centrally located for governmental purposes 
and the territorial capitol was moved to Corydon.  When the state of 
Indiana was admitted to the Union, Congress gave the state a grant of 
four square miles in which to establish a new capitol.  The site was 
chosen because it was centrally located in the state, and was located 
where Fall Creek flowed into the White River - very important for 
travel in the early 1800's.

So to make a long story short, Indianapolis was founded where it was 
precisely because it WAS centrally located.

Now you know far more that you ever wanted to know about Indiana 
history :>)

Anne in IN (who went to grade school when they still taught Indiana 
history)
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> That might well be it.  Anyone know the history behind how their 
state 
> capital got to be the capital?  I love this stuff.
> 
> Amy