Editing Indiana, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:PA Indiana 1900 Map.jpg|thumb|left|Indiana in 1900]]
In 1768, Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn, secured the southern part of what would later become Indiana County from the Iroquois Six Nations through the First Treaty of Fort Stanwix.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History & Heritage |url=https://indianacountyceo.com/live-and-visit/history-heritage/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Indiana County |language=en-US}}</ref> Indiana takes its name from Indiana County, which in turn gets its name from the "Indiana grant" of the [[Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)|First Treaty of Fort Stanwix]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of Indiana County, PA |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~paicgs/history.shtml |access-date=May 2, 2022 |website=sites.rootsweb.com}}</ref> Indiana was founded in 1805 to be the new county's seat from a grant of land by [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] [[George Clymer]]. By 1810, it had a population of 125.<ref name=":0" />

On at least one occasion, an anti-slavery mob in Indiana rescued a fugitive slave from [[Fugitive Slave Act of 1850|extradition]] back to slavery in the [[Southern United States|South]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana County and the Underground Railroad |url=https://www.iup.edu/library/departments/archives/civilwar/historical-background/indiana-county-and-the-underground-railroad.html |access-date=May 2, 2022 |website=Indiana University of Pennsylvania}}</ref> The town was also where James Moorhead, a local [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] leader, published several anti-slavery newspapers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Antislavery Newspapers |url=https://www.iup.edu/library/departments/archives/civilwar/historical-background/antislavery-newspapers.html |access-date=May 2, 2022 |website=Indiana University of Pennsylvania}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053538/|title=About The Indiana weekly messenger. (Indiana, Pa.) 1874-1946|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=January 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119144314/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053538/|archive-date=January 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

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]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>