Indiana mapIndiana has no direct whaling heritage, but whale products provided the raw materials for a variety of 19th-century manufactures, from carriage springs and buggy whips to machine oil and shoe polish.

Look for a receipt from the Whale Bone Carriage Company of Indianapolis (1897) in "Whaling in the South Seas."

Tell us more about whaling in this state.

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