Indiana

There are 24 Indiana state parks, nine man-made reservoirs and hundreds of lakes in the state. See List of people from Maryland. Many other astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, were graduates of Purdue University in West Lafayette ([1] (http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/space_program/hoosier_astronauts.html)). Neil Armstrong's Purdue class ring may be the only such object that has ever traveled to the moon and back. For a more exhaustive list, see List of cities in Maryland. Indiana is the home state of a disproportionately large number of Astronauts, including such notables as "Gus" Grissom, and Frank Borman. See also:Places in Maryland Ranked by Per Capita Income. Counties would remain under their current time zones, but the bill also asks the federal Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over time zones, to reconsider whether more counties should switch to the Central zone. Notwithstanding numerical positions, the founding intent of Maryland has made the state prominent in US Catholic tradition. For example, Baltimore was the location of the first Catholic bishop in the USA ( 1789) and Emmitsburg, the home and burial place of the first American-born citizen to be canonized, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

On April 28, 2005, the state legislature voted 51-46 for the entire state to observe daylight saving time starting April, 2006. The three largest Protestant denominations in Maryland are: Baptist (17% of the total state population), Methodist (14%), Lutheran (6%). More recently, support has begun to grow for returning Indiana to the Central time zone with Central time zone DST, but this has not been popular enough to implement. The present religious composition of the state is shown in the table below:. In the past several years, there have been attempts to place the entirety of Indiana in the Eastern time zone, with Eastern DST, but these have proved impossible to implement. Therefore, despite the founding intent of the colony, Catholics have never been in a majority in Maryland since early Colonial times. Eventually, a long-fought battle in the Indiana state legislature led to the current compromise. Nevertheless, the Crown later reversed that policy and discouraged the practice of Catholicism in Maryland.

However, many parts of the state stayed on Central DST the entire year. Maryland was founded for the purpose of providing religious toleration of England's Catholic minority. When DST was formally adopted, Indiana was in the Central time zone. The five largest ancestries in Maryland are: African American (27.9%), German (15.7%), Irish (11.7%), English (9%), American (5.8%). The history of this unique arrangement is fairly convoluted. The racial makeup of the state is:. Several counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana, near Chicago, and several counties in the southwestern corner of Indiana are in the Central time zone and remain subject to daylight saving time. The three counties of Western Maryland (Allegany, Garrett, and Washington) are mountainous and sparsely populated, resembling West Virginia more than they do the rest of Maryland.

The area that is within the Eastern time zone is legally exempt from daylight saving time; some counties within this area, particularly Floyd, Clark, and Harrison counties near Louisville, Kentucky, and Ohio and Dearborn counties near Cincinnati, Ohio, observe daylight saving time unofficially and illegally by local custom. The Eastern Shore is less populous and more rural, as are the counties of southern Maryland. Most of Indiana has historically exempted itself from the observation of daylight saving time (DST). Most of the people live in the central region of Maryland, in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The three largest Protestant denominations in Indiana are: Baptist (17% of the total state population), Methodist (10%), Lutheran (5%). As of 2003, the state's population was 5,508,909. Indiana's percentage composition by religious affiliation is as follows:. and Baltimore, and other towns.

Indiana is home to a significant proportion of Mennonite and Amish Christians. MARC trains, operated by the State's Transit Authority, connect nearby Washington, D.C. The Catholic presence is perhaps better known than its size would imply due to the existence of the University of Notre Dame in the state. In addition, train service is provided between Washington, D.C., Rockville, Maryland, and Cumberland, Maryland on the Amtrak Capitol Limited. Religiously, Indiana is predominantly Protestant, although there is also a moderate-sized Roman Catholic population. Amtrak Trains serve Baltimore along the Northeast Corridor. The five largest ancestries in the state are: German (22.7%), American (12%), Irish (10.8%), English (8.9%), African American (8.4%). are also serviced by the other two airports in the region, Reagan National and Dulles International Airports, both in Virginia.

Racially, the state is:. The Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. Its largest city and capital is Indianapolis, where the nation's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500, is held each year. Maryland's main airport is Baltimore-Washington International Airport (formerly known as Friendship Airport and recently renamed for former Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall). Indiana is a state of mostly small towns and midsize cities. I-695 is the Baltimore beltway. As of 2003, the population of Indiana was 6,195,643. I-68 connects the western portions of the state to Frederick, and I-70 connects Frederick with Baltimore.

Like most Great Lakes states Indiana has small to medium operating petroleum fields; the principal location of these today is in extreme southwest Indiana in an area somewhat confusingly called the " Illinois Field"". Maryland's major Interstate Highways include I-95, which enters the northeast portion of the state, goes through Baltimore, and becomes the Capital Beltway to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. One of the many public buildings faced with this stone is The Pentagon, and after the attack of September 11, 2001, a special effort was made by the mining industry of Indiana to replace those damaged walls with as nearly identical type and cut of material as the original facing. There are also large coal mines in the southern portion of the state. Historically, there used to be small gold mining operations in Maryland, some surprisingly near Washington, but these no longer exist. In mining Indiana is probably best known for its decorative limestone fron the southern, hilly portion of the state. Mining other than construction materials is virtually limited to coal, located in the mountainous western part of the state. In construction mention should be made of the brownstone quarries in the east, which gave Baltimore and Washington much of their characteristic architecture in the mid-1800's. ( Source for basic manufacturing facts in the above two paragraphs is generally McCoy and McNamara, "Manufacturers in Indiana", Purdue University Center for Rural Development, Research Paper 19, July 1998 ). The once mighty primary metals sub-sector, which at one time included what was then the largest steel factory in the world at Sparrows Point, still exists, but is pressed with foreign competition, bankruptcies, and company mergers.

In other words, firms often see in Indiana a chance to obtain higher than average skills at lower than average wages for those skills, which often makes location in the state desirable. Manufacturing, while large in dollar value, is highly diversified with no sub-sector contributing over 20% of the total. Typical forms of manufacturing include electronics, computer equipment, and chemicals. This makes it possible for firms to offer, and labor accept, somewhat lower wages for these skills than would normally be paid. The third component of the food producing sector are food processing plants, which are the most significant type of manufacturing by value in the state. Second, Indiana's labor force is located primarily in medium-sized and smaller cities rather than in very large and expensive metropolises. There is also a large chicken-farming sector in the state. First, much of the heavy manufacturing, such as industrial machinery and steel, requires highly skilled labor, and firms are often willing to locate where hard-to-train skills already exist. In addition, the southern counties of the western shoreline of Chesapeake Bay support a tobacco cash crop zone, which has been in existence since early Colonial times.

The explanation appears to be certain factors in the labor market. Agriculture is oriented to dairying for nearby large city milksheads plus specialty perishable horticulture crops, such as cucumbers, watermelons, sweet corn, tomatoes, muskmelons, squash, and peas (Source:USDA Crop Profiles). However, Indiana has been much less hit by declines in traditional Rust Belt manufactures than many of its neighbors. Maryland has a large amount of fertile agricultural land in its coastal and Piedmont zones, although this land use is being encroached upon by urbanization. Like most interior states, Indiana is poorly located with respect to emerging coastal markets and new overseas sources of raw materials for manufacturing. While not, strictly speaking, a commercial food resource, the waterfowl support a tourism sector of sportsmen. Surprisingly, in view of the large agricultural sector, comparatively little food processing occurs in the state. The Bay also has uncounted millions of overwintering waterfowl in its many wildlife refuges.

In addition, Indiana has the international headquarters of the Eli Lilly and the US headquarters of the Roche pharmaceutical companies. The largest catches by species are the blue crab, oysters, striped bass, and menhaden. Indiana's other manufactures include electrical equipment, transportation equipment, chemical products, rubber, petroleum and coal products, and factory machinery. One component is commercial fishing, centered in Chesapeake Bay, but also including activity off the short Atlantic seacoast. The Calumet region of northwest Indiana is the largest steel producing area in the USA, and this activity also requires that very large amounts of electric power be generated. Maryland has a large food producing sector. In the state industry tends to be concentrated in its northern half. A list of government agencies located in Maryland is summarized below:.

A high percentage of Indiana's GDP comes from manufacturing, and much of this activity is heavy manufacturing. Altogether, white collar technical and administrative workers comprise 25% of Maryland's labor force, one of the highest state percentages in the country. Many isolated parcels of woodland remain, and much of the southern, hilly portion is heavily forested ( a condition which supports a local furniture-making sector in that part of the state). In fact, the various components of Johns Hopkins University and its medical research facilities are now the largest single employer in the Baltimore area. It should be remembered that while the state is in the Corn Belt, the original land was not prairie and had to be cleared of deciduous trees. In addition to these are many educational and medical research institutions. Specialty crops include melons ( southern Wabash Valley), tomatoes (concentrated in central Indiana), grapes, and mint ( Source: USDA crop profiles). and emphasizes technical and administrative tasks for the defense/aerospace industry and bio-research laboratories, as well as staffing of satellite government headquarters in the suburban or exurban Baltimore/Washington area.

The state's nearness to large urban centers, such as Chicago also assures that much dairying, egg production, and specialty horticulture occur. A second service activity takes advantage of the close location of the center of government in Washington, D.C. Soybeans are also a major cash crop. Although the port handles a wide variety of products, the most typical imports are raw materials and bulk commodities, such as iron ore, petroleum, sugar, and fertilizers, often distributed to the relatively close manufacturing centers of the inland Midwest via good overland transportation. Indiana is located well within the Corn Belt, and the state's agricultural methods and principal farm outputs reflect this: a feedlot-style system raising corn, to fatten hogs and cattle. The port ranked 10th in the USA by tonnage in 2002 (Source: US Corps of Engineers, "Waterborn Commerce Statistics"). Indiana's Per Capita Income was $28,783 as of 2003. One major service activity is transportation, centered around the Port of Baltimore and its related rail and trucking access.

The total gross state product in 2003 was $214 billion. Maryland's economic activity is strongly concentrated in the tertiary service sector, and this sector, in turn, is strongly influenced by location. See also: List of Indiana counties, Watersheds of Indiana. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/) estimates that Maryland's total state product in 2003 was $212 billion. Per capita personal income in 2003 was $37,446, 5^th in the nation. The 475 mile long Wabash River bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana two themesongs, the state song On the Banks of the Wabash as well as The Wabash Cannonball. Growing climate varies from USDA Zone 8 on the Eastern Shore and in the cities of Baltimore and Washington DC to Zones 7 and 6 is the Piedmont, to Zone 5 in the mountainous west. Indiana is one of the Great Lakes states. Extreme western Maryland has a mountain climate with mild summers and cold winters.

Indiana is bounded on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan, on the east by Ohio, on the south by Kentucky with which it shares the Ohio River as a border, and on the west by Illinois. Beyond the plain rise the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and the Piedmont region has warm summers and colder winters, where snow often falls. See: List of Indiana Governors, Indiana General Assembly. Mary's City) are a part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, which has a humid subtropical climate of hot summers and mild winters. Lugar (Republican). The Eastern Shore region, as well as a small part of the western shore (including Baltimore, Annapolis, and St. Evans "Evan" Bayh III (Democrat) and Richard G. Climate varies greatly across the state, depending on factors like elevation, rainfall, and proximity to water.

senators are B. One of the most noted features of Delmarva is Maryland's Assateague Island, on the Atlantic, with its herd of wild ponies accustomed to the seashore. The state's U.S. The Delmarva Peninsula is a geographic term for the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland, the state of Delaware, and two counties of Virginia, which all together form a long extension down the Atlantic seaboard. The current governor of Indiana is Mitch Daniels, whose campaign slogan was "My Man Mitch," elected on November 2, 2004. This geographical curiosity, the " Maryland wasp-waist" is located near the small town of Hancock. The area was claimed for New France in the 17th century, handed over to the Kingdom of Great Britain as part of the settlement at the end of the French and Indian War, given to the United States after the American Revolution, soon after which it became part of the Northwest Territory, then the Indiana Territory, and joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state. Also in Western Maryland, about two-thirds of the way across the state line, is a point at which the state of Maryland is only two miles wide.

The specific Native American tribes that inhabited this territory at that time were primarily the Miami and the Shawnee. The highest point in Maryland is Backbone Mountain, which is the southwest corner of Garrett County, right near the border with West Virginia near the headwaters of the North Branch of the Potomac. 100-400CE). It was part of the Mississippian culture from roughly 1000CE up to the conventional end of Mississippian dating ("contact with Europeans"). A portion of extreme western Maryland in Garrett County is drained by the Youghiogheny River as part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The area of Indiana has been settled since before the development of the Hopewell culture (ca. The Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state, and the counties east of the Bay are known collectively as the Eastern Shore. USS Indiana was named in honor of this state. It shares a border near the center of the state along the Potomac with Washington, DC.

A resident of Indiana is called a Hoosier and it is also the mascot for Indiana University, located in Bloomington, in southern Indiana. Maryland is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, on the west by West Virginia, on the east by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south, across the Potomac River, by Virginia. postal abbreviation for the state is IN. See: List of Maryland counties, List of Maryland rivers. The U.S. Virtually all state and county elections are held in even numbered years not divisible by four, in which the President of the United States is not elected - this, as in other States, is intended to divide State and Federal politics. Its capital is Indianapolis. Most of the business of government is done in Annapolis, the State capital.

Indiana, meaning the "Land of the Indians", is a state of the United States. Unlike most other states, significant autonomy is granted to many of Maryland's counties. State tree: Tulip tree. Power in Maryland is divided among three branches of government, executive, legislative, and judicial. State stone: Salem limestone. Maryland is a republic; the United States guarantees her "republican form of government" [|USC Article IV, section 4 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articleiv.html#section4)] although there is considerable disagreement about the meaning of that phrase. State river: Wabash. The United States is a federation; consequently, the Government of Maryland, like the other 49 state governments, has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders, except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.

State poem: Indiana (http://www.in.gov/sic/about/emblems/state_poem.html), by Arthur Franklin Mapes. The Government of Maryland is conducted according to the state constitution. State motto: "The Crossroads of America". Main article: Government of Maryland. State flower: Peony. The right to vote was not, however, extended to non-white males until 1867. State bird: Cardinal. Article 24 of that document outlawed the practice of slavery.

Non-Religious – 8%. A constitutional convention was held during 1864 that culminated in the passage of a new state constitution on November 1 of that year. Other Religions – 1%. Because of this it was not included under the Emancipation Proclamation. Other Christian – 1%. Despite popular support for the cause of the Confederate States of America, Maryland did not secede during the United States Civil War, in part due to precautions taken by the government in Washington, D.C. Roman Catholic – 20%. It was during this bombardment that the Star Spangled Banner was writen by Francis Scott Key.

Protestant – 67%. During the War of 1812 the British military attempted to capture the port of Baltimore which was protected by Fort McHenry. 1.2% Mixed race. In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, renamed Annapolis in honor of Queen Anne. 0.3% American Indian. St Mary's City is now an archaelogical site, with a small tourist center. 1% Asian. During the persecution of Maryland Catholics by the Puritan revolutionary government, all of the original Catholic churches of southern Maryland were burned down.

3.5% Hispanic. This lasted until 1658 when the Calvert family regained control and re-enacted the Toleration Act. 8.4% Black. In 1650 the Puritans revolted against the proprietary government and set up a new government that outlawed both Catholicism and Anglicanism. 85.8% White. After Virginia made the practice of Anglicanism mandatory, a large number of Puritans migrated from Virginia to Maryland, and were given land for a settlement called Providence (now called Annapolis). Mary's City was the largest site of the original Maryland colony, and was the seat of the colonial government until 1708.

St. The Calvert family, which controlled Maryland, and the Penn family, which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, to survey what became known as the Mason-Dixon line which would form the boundary between their two colonies. This was found to be a problem, because the northern boundary would put Philadelphia, the major city in Pennsylvania, within Maryland. Originally, based on an incorrect map, the royal charter granted Maryland the Potomac River and territory northward to the fortieth parallel.

The Maryland Toleration Act (1649) was one of the first laws that explicitly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as it was Christian), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the First Amendment. Maryland was one of the key destinations of tens of thousands of British convicts, which carried on until independence. The English colony of Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore who on March 25, 1634 led the first settlers into this area which would soon become one of the few dominantly Catholic regions among the English colonies in America. The new colony was named in honour of Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I.

George Calvert died in April 1632, but a charter for "Maryland Colony" (in Latin, "Terra Maria") was granted to his son, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, on June 20, 1632. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore applied to Charles I for a new royal charter for what was to become the Province of Maryland. Main article: History of Maryland. See: Annapolis Convention..

Its Associated Press abbreviation is Md. Maryland was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. postal abbreviation is MD. Its U.S. Maryland is a state of the United States, one of the South Atlantic States (although often considered part of the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic States).

See List of counties in Maryland. Towson – county seat of suburban Baltimore County. Salisbury – largest city and business center of Delmarva pennisula. Rockville – business center of affluent Montgomery County northwest of Washington.

Ocean City – very popular beach resort on Atlantic coastline. Laurel – large suburban community directly between Baltimore and Washington on Interstate 95. Hagerstown – Largest community in 3 county Western Maryland region, has decaying industrial base. Frederick – Western gateway to Appalachian Mountains, suburban center.

Columbia – Large unincorporated town managed by the Columbia Association. suburb, home to the University of Maryland, College Park. College Park – D.C. Baltimore – Most populous city; commercial and cultural hub.

Annapolis – state capital, home of United States Naval Academy. Non-Religious – 8%. Other Religions – 4%. Other Christian – 2%.

Roman Catholic – 25%. Protestant – 58%. 2% Mixed race. 0.3% American Indian.

4% Asian. 4.3% Hispanic. 27.9% Black. 62.1% White non-Hispanic.

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