Every region has its history but Indiana’s dates back to the end of the Ice Age! It has been inhabited since 8000BC and the people then were known as Paleo-Indians.
Indiana adopted the motto “The Crossroads of America” which was originally just applied to Indianapolis but later it fitted the entire Indiana as it became more connected to other interstate roads.
Welcoming is not even a close adjective to the kind of humanity and hospitality that people of Indiana possess. They have smuggled and provided shelter to countless runaway slaves.