Indiana has the best state seal in the U.S.! Prove me wrong! (In celebration of our Bicentennial)
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Indiana Code: IC 1-2-4-1
Sec. 1. The official seal for the state of Indiana shall be described as follows:
A perfect circle, two and five eighths (2 5/8) inches in diameter, inclosed by a plain line. Another circle within the first, two and three eighths (2 3/8) inches in diameter inclosed by a beaded line, leaving a margin of one quarter (1/4) of an inch. In the top half of this margin are the words "Seal of the State of Indiana".
At the bottom center, 1816, flanked on either side by a diamond, with two (2) dots and a leaf of the tulip tree (liriodendron tulipifera), at both ends of the diamond. The inner circle has two (2) trees in the left background, three (3) hills in the center background with nearly a full sun setting behind and between the first and second hill from the left.
There are fourteen (14) rays from the sun, starting with two (2) short ones on the left, the third being longer and then alternating, short and long. There are two (2) sycamore trees on the right, the larger one being nearer the center and having a notch cut nearly half way through, from the left side, a short distance above the ground. The woodsman is wearing a hat and holding his ax nearly perpendicular on his right. The ax blade is turned away from him and is even with his hat.
The buffalo is in the foreground, facing to the left of front. His tail is up, front feet on the ground with back feet in the air, as he jumps over a log.
The ground has shoots of blue grass, in the area of the buffalo and woodsman.
(Formerly: Acts 1963, c.207, s.1.)
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So, what is it? A Settler cutting down a tree to make a home and chasing the Buffalo out of state?
lol
bob
That's what I was thinking....or that someone had recently been to Colorado when they designed that one. In all fairness, I've only been to northern and central Indiana, and I've heard that the southern area is hilly.
The Great Seal of the State of Nevada is derived from the Seal of the Territory of Nevada. As Nevada prepared for statehood in 1864, its Constitutional Convention began to formalize the features of the state's official seal. Nevada was admitted as a state on October 31, 1864 by proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln. On February 24, 1866, the motto "Volens et Potens" ("Willing and Able")[1] was replaced by "All for Our Country". The design of the seal was formalized, and Nevada's mineral resources are featured with a silver miner and his team moving a carload of ore from a mountain in the foreground. A quartz mill stands before another mountain. Transportation and communication are symbolized by a train steaming across the background, with telegraph poles spanning the distance. Agriculture is represented by a sheaf of wheat, a sickle, and a plow in the foreground. Nevada's natural beauty is symbolized by a brilliant sun rising over snow-capped peaks. The inner circle of the seal carries the motto "All for Our Country", and Nevada's entry into the Union as the 36th state is shown with 36 stars completing the inner ring. The perimeter of the seal proclaims "The Great Seal of the State of Nevada". Mark Twain was said to have convinced the designer to make the two trails of smoke blow in opposite directions as a prank, which was later rectified when the mistake was realized.
bob
That bottom one is most likely the most accurate as the highest point in Indiana is less than 1,300 feet in elevation. No three mountains like the top one.
So, what is it? A Settler cutting down a tree to make a home and chasing the Buffalo out of state?
lol
bob
Must be the Indiana Dunes. I don't remember seeing any "mountains" in Indiana.
Out here in Colorado we have over 50 mountains that are 14,000 feet or more. Everything under 14,000 feet is a hill!
That bottom one is most likely the most accurate as the highest point in Indiana is less than 1,300 feet in elevation. No three mountains like the top one.
So, what is it? A Settler cutting down a tree to make a home and chasing the Buffalo out of state?
lol
bob
Must be the Indiana Dunes. I don't remember seeing any "mountains" in Indiana.
Out here in Colorado we have over 50 mountains that are 14,000 feet or more. Everything under 14,000 feet is a hill!
Hiked to the top of Grays Peak at 14,278' with my two kids and wife in tow back some years ago.
Daughter was 6 and son 10 and they both made it!
bob
edited: Colorado's 10th highest.
Must be the Indiana Dunes. I don't remember seeing any "mountains" in Indiana.
the mountains are southern indiana. nothern indiana seems quite flat from what ive seen.
going towards southwestern oh, etc.
going towards tennessee, georgia, kentucky etc is where they really take off.
probably nothing like the rockies but pretty good for this region.
been a while since ive seen them. except nati. got the greenhills show.
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edited to add. i have driven through colorado mountains, which ever are along i70.
some nice vistas along the route.
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Ours, while OK, is not particularly exciting.
I don't know how to link an image but I was always impressed by The Kansas state seal. Ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulty. Never fully understood what that means but basically people from Kansas know how to deal with difficult times. See bloody Kansas history.
Here you go.
Not bad. Better than our Georgia one, anyway.
Jim
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