Indiana History and Research Overview

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The Miami, Wyandot, Wea, Potawatomis, and Delaware Indians gave Indiana its name. The earliest European settlers in Indiana were the French, who established trading outposts at Fort Wayne, Vincennes, and Lafayette in the early 1700s. The British took control of the area in 1763. In 1764, Clarksville (across the Ohio from present-day Louisville, View Website VIP Subscription