Kokomo

Worthy mascots, the Kokomo Hum, and our limestone quarries. Ask The Hoosierist.

“We were sending out the plates two at a time, as fast as we could make them.”

The past comes alive at these historic spots-of-significance around the state—some of which are getting a little lift from Bicentennial projects.

In some ways, the recent furor over Indiana’s RFRA echoed a heated discrimination debate from three decades ago, when the state was previously a battleground in the national culture wars.

The Hoosierist would love to serve up a racy origin story for Kokomo’s Silk Stocking District, but the facts won’t cooperate.

Kokomo Opalescent Glass opened in 1888 with Louis Comfort Tiffany as a client. On a five-buck factory tour, you’ll feel the heat from the original furnace, visit the master glass-blower’s studio, see where employees signed the walls more than 100 years ago, and shop for art glass.