History and government of Indiana .. . rthern part of the State. It was seenby all that a new capital would have to be decided upon nearerthe centre of population. In 1819 Governor Jennings advised * There are 6tting monuments to two of the Owens at the State House inIndianapolis. The women of Indiana erected the one to Robert Dale Owen, andthe other was presented to the State by surviving Confederate prisoners for thekind treatment they received from Professor Richard Owen while he was theColonel in command of the Federal prison in Indianapolis during the Civil is doubtful whether in t
History and government of Indiana .. . rthern part of the State. It was seenby all that a new capital would have to be decided upon nearerthe centre of population. In 1819 Governor Jennings advised * There are 6tting monuments to two of the Owens at the State House inIndianapolis. The women of Indiana erected the one to Robert Dale Owen, andthe other was presented to the State by surviving Confederate prisoners for thekind treatment they received from Professor Richard Owen while he was theColonel in command of the Federal prison in Indianapolis during the Civil is doubtful whether in the history of the world any other monument was everprompted from such a motive or for such a reason. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 499 the General Assembly that moving time had come. A com-mission of ten men were appointed to select a new site for thecapital. The men examined several places, but finally decidedin favor of the mouth of Fall Creek on the West Fork of WhiteRiver, where the city of Indianapolis now stands. In 1824 the. The Indiana State Capitol Building at Indianapolis The Indiana Capitol is located on Washington Street and occupies nearly tenacres of land. It is 496 feet long, 285 feet wide, and the top of the dome is 234feet high. The Icgiasltive halls and the oflices of the state officials are in thisbuilding. The statue of Thomas .-\. Hendricks is in the foreground in this picture. change was made while Indianapolis was only a capital inthe wilderness. General John Carr, the agent for the newtown, conducted the first land sales and sold about three hundredlots at an average price of $125 apiece. Sites have since soldfor nearly a million dollars which could then have been boughtfor S200 or $300. Samuel Merrill, the Treasurer of State, trans- 500 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT ported his family and the books and effects and money of theState in a wagon drawn by a four-horse team, with bells on thehorses, over the wilderness roads from Corydon to Indianapol
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