Indiana Hats

Hoosiers do not agree on what a Hoosier is. The Indiana State Archives says the origin of the word is unknown, that it was probably first used as an insult, and that Indiana adopted it as its own. The state is one of 15 split into two time zones, which produced its own vocabulary: fast time for Eastern, slow time for Central, and the question "Your time or my time?" Northwest Indiana, The Region, keeps its own identity, Central time and Chicago news included, and its people wear the name Region Rat with pride. The signature sandwich is the breaded pork tenderloin, pounded thin and served so big it dwarfs the bun; it debuted at Nick's Kitchen in Huntington in the early 1900s. Sugar cream pie is the unofficial state pie, made since statehood in 1816. Indy 500 winners drink milk in Victory Lane, a tradition that began in 1936. And in 49 other states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana. These Indiana hats cover all of it, from the bare INDIANA and HOOSIER badges to the Region, the song sung before the 500, and the time-zone joke. Midwest Ope covers manners and Pickup Basketball covers the sport; this page is the state itself. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat.