Classroom Resources
History Articles for Students
- Farming and Farms: This article provides an overview of farming in 19th-century Indiana - soil quality, type of livestock, markets where crops were sold and more.
- Travel and Transportation: This article focuses on the logistics of traveling in and to/from Indiana in the 1800s - the hurdles, innovations and the impact of a growing nation on road construction.
- William Conner Article: This article provides an accounting of William Conner's life in both the Native-American and white settler worlds and how he blended and navigated between the two. Also learn of his family and his contributions to politics and town planning.