In this episode, we explore indiana s history of empires and upheaval. You know, when you close your eyes and just picture the state of Indiana, I bet I can guess what you're seeing. Oh, I'm sure it involves corn. Right, exactly. Endless flat corn fields just stretching out to the horizon. Maybe a basketball hoop. nailed to some weathered barn. Naturally. And of course, a race car blurring past 200 miles an hour. It's really the quintessential quiet Midwestern flyover state in the popular imagination. But, well... Today's deep dive is going to completely shatter that illusion. It really is an illusion, yeah, because we tend to look at the Midwest as this sort of blank slate that only really became interesting in the last couple of centuries. Right. But the reality recorded in the historical sources we're looking at today is far more complex, layered ...