Indiana Daily Week 34- Weekly Assignment

MONDAY

Wabash is known as the first electrically lighted city in the world. On March 31, 1880, the lights went on in Wabash, which is in northern Indiana. At that time, the cost for lighting the entire city for one year was about $800.

TUESDAY

Spring is tornado season in Indiana. Tornadoes are violent, destructive whiling winds accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that touches down in a narrow parth over the land. The longest lasting tornado reported in the state touched down in Otternein in 1974 and kepts going until it reached LaGrange County- 121 miles away!

WEDNESDAY

Indiana has a long history in automobiles. More than 500 different kinds of motor vehicles have either been assembled or manufactured in towns across the state. During World War II, Indiana was the chief supplier of Studebaker trucks, cars, and amphibious vehicles used in the war effort.

THURSDAY

Arthur Nabta was a zoologist who became famous for studying how the environment affects cave animals. Zoology is the study of animals. Arthur was born in 1877 in Greenwood.