rico Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, mrflynn03 said: Must be Notre Dame then. Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 I could stretch this to be sports related but... Inside the US Capital building each state is allowed 2 statues. What 2 people did the state of Indiana choose to honor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Good one.....seems like I might know one. Taking a stab here.....Lewis Wallace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, rico said: Good one.....seems like I might know one. Taking a stab here.....Lewis Wallace? Very good and correct stab Edited October 14, 2018 by Billingsley99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 26 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Very good and correct stab I paid attention in my Indiana history class! Lew was quite the man. Now as far as the other one hmmmmmmm. You said you could tie it to sports. Gary Wallace is named after Lew. Hmmmmmmm. So if we keep with that theme. I will say Anthony Wayne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 58 minutes ago, rico said: I paid attention in my Indiana history class! Lew was quite the man. Now as far as the other one hmmmmmmm. You said you could tie it to sports. Gary Wallace is named after Lew. Hmmmmmmm. So if we keep with that theme. I will say Anthony Wayne. I attended Gary Lew Wallace from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Was the last to go all the way through, before they built elementary and middle schools. The Wallace family allowed our school to use their coat of arms. Had it in our hallways, yearbooks, and class rings. At the top of the crest, in latin are the words 'Sperandum Est. Which means one must hope. Or. It is to be hoped for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 1 hour ago, rico said: I paid attention in my Indiana history class! Lew was quite the man. Now as far as the other one hmmmmmmm. You said you could tie it to sports. Gary Wallace is named after Lew. Hmmmmmmm. So if we keep with that theme. I will say Anthony Wayne. No but a great guess. Think civil war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: No but a great guess. Think civil war Civil War huh? Hmmmmm. Well it could be Abe.....but I don't think so. Custer was from Ohio, I think. I do remember hearing something about our Governor during the Civil War.......how about Oliver Morton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, rico said: Civil War huh? Hmmmmm. Well it could be Abe.....but I don't think so. Custer was from Ohio, I think. I do remember hearing something about our Governor during the Civil War.......how about Oliver Morton? Oliver P Morton would be my answer too. Was critical to the union cause and took out private loans to run state gov. Was one of Lincoln's war governors. Kept indiana in one peice. Edited October 15, 2018 by mrflynn03 Correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: Oliver P Morton would be my answer too. Was critical to the union cause and took out private loans to run state gov. Was one of Lincoln's war generals. Kept indiana in one peice. I am pretty sure Wallace was the General. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, rico said: I am pretty sure Wallace was the General. Lew Wallace was a Civil War General. He also wrote 'Ben Hur' . Edited October 15, 2018 by milehiiu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Just now, milehiiu said: Lew Wallace was a General. He also wrote 'Ben Hur' . Yep. Very interesting man according to my history lessons. Another Indiana legend that does not get talked about near enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Just now, rico said: Yep. Very interesting man according to my history lessons. Another Indiana legend that does not get talked about near enough. Seeing as how I went to Gary Lew Wallace High School, we were taught a lot about Lew Wallace. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 2 hours ago, rico said: I am pretty sure Wallace was the General. I meant oliver was governor. I was autocorrected. But good catch. Anyway indiana was a major contributor to the war effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 16 hours ago, rico said: Civil War huh? Hmmmmm. Well it could be Abe.....but I don't think so. Custer was from Ohio, I think. I do remember hearing something about our Governor during the Civil War.......how about Oliver Morton? Bingo. My Friend. the one and only Oliver P Morton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Interesting story. Morton was in a highly contested race for reelection and it was going to be close. Morton furloughs 9000 Indiana soldiers to come home during the war just in time for the election. Morton wins a narrow victory due to the soldiers being thankful to be home. Most voted for Morton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Another one with quite the Indiana twist.... Who came up with the idea for KFC's red and white striped bucket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 10/14/2018 at 11:43 PM, milehiiu said: Lew Wallace was a Civil War General. He also wrote 'Ben Hur' . I think Ben Hur was the best selling book of the 19th century Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 10:37 AM, rico said: Another one with quite the Indiana twist.... Who came up with the idea for KFC's red and white striped bucket? Somehow I did not see this post but I believe that Ft Wayne native Dave Thomas has a hand in the bucket maybe the spinning feature. We toured the KFC museum several years ago and heard stories of Colonel Sanders driving in Southern Indiana selling chicken out of the trunk of his car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 25 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Somehow I did not see this post but I believe that Ft Wayne native Dave Thomas has a hand in the bucket maybe the spinning feature. We toured the KFC museum several years ago and heard stories of Colonel Sanders driving in Southern Indiana selling chicken out of the trunk of his car. Dave Thomas is the answer, but he was not a native Hoosier. Colonel Sanders was. And we all know that Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 minute ago, rico said: Dave Thomas is the answer, but he was not a native Hoosier. Colonel Sanders was. And we all know that Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy's. Wonder where I heard that Dave Thomas was from Ft Wayne, Did he open his first Wendys there. Now I have to do research, I know there is a Ft Wayne connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Billingsley99 said: Wonder where I heard that Dave Thomas was from Ft Wayne, Did he open his first Wendys there. Now I have to do research, I know there is a Ft Wayne connection LOL.......just Google Dave Thomas. Yeah, there is a Fort Wayne connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, rico said: LOL.......just Google Dave Thomas. Yeah, there is a Fort Wayne connection. How about that. I did not know that Ft Wayne is where Dave met the Colonel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Just now, Billingsley99 said: How about that. I did not know that Ft Wayne is where Dave met the Colonel. Yepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Colonel Sanders was born in Henryville, IN. Rumor is he was ran out of town for bootlegging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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