Significance of Indianapolis, IN

Learning from an ex-lover in Chicago that Jenny Curran has gone to Indianapolis to work at Temperer Tire Co. making retreads, Forrest Gump and Dan decide that this would be a nice place to visit. Arriving by bus, they are immediately forbidden to loiter by a policeman and learn that Temperer is located outside of town. They find Jenny during the lunch break and move in with her. While she works, Dan promotes Forrest as an arm-wrestler and they earn good money, until a "professional rassler" promoter convinces them to join that circuit. Dan objects to Forrest being called "The Dunce," but Forrest does not mind. Forrest becomes a top-draw but this causes conflicts with Jenny, who finally leaves town, asking in a note that Forrest not try to find her again.