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Indiana, Pennsylvania One Place Study

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Indiana, Pennsylvania One Place Study

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There is something appealingly old-fashioned about a town with two state names. Indiana, Pennsylvania, 55 miles east of the booming steel town of Pittsburgh, is just such a place in time. A Main Street art gallery, town hall, cafes, antique shops and boutiques, along with hiking and biking trails, define the town.

Christmas Tree Capital of the World

Indiana is also known as the Christmas Tree Capital of the World. The nation's first evergreen nursery was established in 1938, and the area's nurseries are the largest in the United States. Indiana County boasts more than 200 tree growers today.

James Maitland Stewart

There is a genuine feel here in Indiana, a town completely without pretension -- very much like its iconic, home-grown hero, James Maitland Stewart. And as with many local heroes, the town has dedicated a 5,600-square-foot memorial in his honor. Known as the Jimmy Stewart Museum, the building is a monument to its namesake's wonderful life in film, radio and television. But, more than just a who's who of Hollywood stars who worked with Stewart on screen, the building's exhibits highlight his accomplishments as a military hero, family man, civic leader and world citizen. All of these roles are readily accessible to visitors by way of displays, film presentations in its 50-seat theater, and gallery walks.

It's a Wonderful Life in Indiana, Pennsylvania

References to the actor and Stewart's "It's a Wonderful Life" character George Bailey are everywhere, from Jimmy Stewart Boulevard to his statue outside the courthouse and the Jimmy Stewart Indiana County Airport. It will probably never be known if Jimmy Stewart was reminded of Indiana, Pa., while playing George Bailey, the small-town hero of Bedford Falls. One thing is sure, however. His was a wonderful life in the vibrant town that honors him today. Excerpts from: Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/its-a-wonderful-life-in-indiana-pa

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university comprises the Eberly College of Business and colleges of Education, Fine Arts, Health and Human Services, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics. There is also an Honors College and an Academy of Culinary Arts. In addition to undergraduate studies, the university offers master’s degree programs in a range of areas and doctoral programs in criminology, education, English, and psychology. There are branch campuses in Punxsutawney (established 1962) and Kittanning (1963). Total enrollment is approximately 14,000.

The school opened in 1875. It came under the control of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1920. In 1927 it was made a degree-granting institution and renamed State Teachers College at Indiana. The name was changed to Indiana State College in 1959. The college acquired its current name when it was elevated to university status in 1965. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Indiana-University-of-Pennsylvania by Amy Tikkanen.

History

George Clymer

Indiana takes its name from Indiana County, which in turn gets its name from the "Indiana grant" of the First Treaty of Fort Stanwix. Indiana was founded in 1805 to be the new county's seat from a grant of land by Founding Father George Clymer. By 1810, it had a population of 125.

On at least one occasion, an anti-slavery mob in Indiana rescued a fugitive slave from extradition back to slavery in the South. The town was also where James Moorhead, a local abolitionist leader, published several anti-slavery newspapers. The first of these was The Clarion of Freedom, founded in 1843. Moorhead eventually sold the Clarion and founded a new anti-slavery paper, the Indiana Independent, which he published until his death in 1857. The Independent was published by his son J. W. Moorhead after his death. The Indiana Weekly Messenger was published in the town between 1874 and 1946.

The Downtown Indiana Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Also listed on the National Register are Breezedale, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Indiana Passenger Station, Silas M. Clark House, Graff's Market, James Mitchell House, Old Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana Borough 1912 Municipal Building, Indiana Armory, Old Indiana County Jail and Sheriff's Office, and John Sutton Hall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana,_Pennsylvania

Population

Year Residents
1820 317
1830 433
1840 674
1850 963
1860 1331
1870 1605
1880 1907
1890 1963
1900 4142
1910 5749
1920 7043
1940 10500
1950 11743
1960 13005
1970 16100
1980 16051
1990 15174
2000 14895
2010 13975
2020 14044
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Geography

Indiana is a borough in and the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Continent: North America
Country: United States
State/Province: Pennsylvania
County: Indiana
GPS Coordinates: 40.616667, -79.15
Elevation: 1,301 ft (397 m)

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Sources

  1. ↑ Wikipedia (https:// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%2C_Pennsylvania: accessed 26 October 2023). "Indiana Pennsylvania".

*https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/its-a-wonderful-life-in-indiana-pa

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