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    Indiana, Pennsylvania
    Indiana, Pennsylvania
    Indiana, Pennsylvania
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    Indiana, Pennsylvania

    By Karen Wood and Doug MacGregor

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    Nestled in the hills of scenic western Pennsylvania, the borough of Indiana is a center of learning and the seat of county government. Incorporated in 1816, the borough lies in the heart of the state's bituminous coal region. Indiana has been home to a wide variety of industries and businesses, from breweries and lumber companies to higher education and Christmas tree farms. Among thousands of successful families and individuals, Indiana is famous as the home of actor Jimmy Stewart, Gov. John S. Fishe, and author Ed Abbey.

    Indiana, Pennsylvania is a compilation of stunning photographs that reveal a historical community. Included in this valuable history are the secret connections to the Underground Railroad, the arrival of electricity and telephones, the first automobiles, and the last Civil War veteran. Indiana, Pennsylvania also features many parts of the borough that have vanished, such as Indiana's early buildings and most of the old downtown hotels.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateJul 3, 2002
    ISBN9781439611616
    Indiana, Pennsylvania
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    Karen Wood

    Karen liveson the North East coast of England and is proud to call herself a Yorkshire woman. Born and bred in Yorkshire, she spent many years living in Berkshire before returning to the North East in 2000. She developed as a medium in a Church circle and has taken Church services in many parts of the Country. The poetry started arriving in 1994, with the stories beginning shortly afterwards, but although they were read out in Churches, with a good reception, Karen was unsure what to do with them. Over the next ten years she was frequently advised to have them published.In between working full time, continuing to work as a medium, still taking Church services, andleading a busy social life, the book has slowly come together. Recently turned 60 Karen is now hoping to enjoy a quieter life, spending more time with her partner, and with her two cats. It is possible this may not be as easy as she would like, as the pieces and poems continue to arrive.

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      Indiana, Pennsylvania - Karen Wood

      pursuits.

      INTRODUCTION

      The town of Indiana, Pennsylvania, lies at the crossroads of two old Native American trails, the Catawba Trail and the Kittanning Path, which were major east-west and north-south travel and trading routes in the days before European settlers made their way to the area. In the 200 years since Indiana County was organized and the county seat was settled, Indiana has grown economically, socially, and culturally with the development of a community, an industrial base, and an enduring educational presence with Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

      On March 30, 1803, parts of Westmoreland and Lycoming Counties were combined to form Indiana County as part of Pennsylvania House Bill No. 44. James Parr, William Jack, and John Pomroy, all from Westmoreland County, were granted the rights to control the grant or sale of lands in the new county. Several months later, discussions began concerning the location of the county seat. Thomas Gilpin wanted to create Gilpinsbourg northeast of present-day Indiana. George Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, preferred that his piece of land called the Glade Tract be used. The county was surveyed, and the commissioners decided on April 11, 1804, to locate the new town between Fergus Moorhead’s house (just west of town on present-day Route 422) and George Trimble’s place (on north Fourth Street just past the borough line) in the geographic center of the county on Clymer’s land. The commissioners were dismissed, and county trustees were appointed in their place. The trustees laid out 225 town lots and 92 out lots based on the survey of Thomas Allison, assisted by his son Andrew, James Hamilton, and James McLain.

      Advertisements for the sale of lots in Indiana County were placed in newspapers across Pennsylvania, and sales began on December 10, 1805. On March 10, 1806, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed an act allowing for the county’s first elections, providing for the selection of two candidates for sheriff, two for coroner, and three county commissioners. Elections were to be held, as they are today, after the first Monday in November. That year, Thomas McCartney was elected the first high sheriff, Samuel Young was elected coroner, and commissioners were chosen to be William Clark, James Johnston, and Alexander McLain. Peter Sutton, an early county settler from Basking Ridge, New Jersey, had built a hotel and tavern at the corner of Philadelphia and Carpenter Avenues, and the county’s first courts were held here, having been transferred from the jurisdiction of Westmoreland County. Early court cases concerned assault and battery, horse theft, and fornication. Other early court activities centered on petitions for naturalization, oaths of allegiance, and road construction. The town was granted an official post office in 1810.

      On March 11, 1816, the borough of Indiana was incorporated by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. By this time, Indiana had built its second jail, its first courthouse, and a row of offices west of the courthouse to house offices for the commissioners. The area also offered a general store (John Denniston’s store, later the location of Steiner’s Market), several taverns and hotels, several blacksmiths (Conrad Rice and son Philip), a wheelwright and chair-making shop (Sheriff McCartney’s), a shoemaker, a clockmaker, a school, a cabinet shop, carpenters, brickmakers, tanneries, masons, tailors, and dozens of family cabins and homes. Early church services were held outdoors or in the jail, until the courthouse was completed. Blacksmith Conrad Rice turned over some of his land for a public cemetery, later the site of Memorial Park.

      By 1843, the town had grown to have some 700 residents along with a variety of thriving businesses. Better roads were being constructed, and waterways were still an important mode of travel throughout the county. New townships had been organized to make a total of 13: Armstrong, Black Lick, Brush Valley, Center, Conemaugh, Green, Mahoning, Montgomery, Rayne, Washington, Wheatfield, White, and Young.

      As with many developing towns in the early 19th century, most of the first businesses were those that supported the growing population, such as taverns and hotels, flour mills, lumbermills, breweries, harness shops, blacksmiths, and general stores. By midcentury, Indiana had developed a number of promising industries, including the Indiana Foundry Company, the Indiana Bent-Rung Ladder Company, and the Strawboard Mill. The arrival of the railroad in the 1850s allowed these businesses to expand their operations to incorporate national and international transactions, thus taking advantage of a much broader market. The railroad also contributed to a growing sense of worldliness among Indiana’s citizens as current fashions and new inventions appeared in town from the East Coast. The town was making the transition from being a rural village to becoming a more modern center of industrial and cultural activity.

      In the hundred years following the arrival of the railroad, Indiana became the hub of a variety of countywide industries, including coal mining and the cultivation of Christmas trees. Large coal companies such as the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company and the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation built their headquarters in town to support their operations throughout the county and the region. Company towns were built to house and

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