Editing New Market, Indiana (section)

==History==
The town of New Market was platted in 1872 by Joseph White Sr., Carson Wray Sr., Joseph Kelsey and William K. White, during the construction of the S.C.L & W. Railway through the area. The construction of the line was to serve the cities of [[Frankfort, Indiana|Frankfort]], [[Crawfordsville, Indiana|Crawfordsville]] and [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]]. In southern Montgomery County it passed through the communities of New Market, [[Waveland, Indiana|Waveland]], [[Browns Valley, Indiana|Browns Valley]], Crawfordsville, and [[Lake Holiday, Indiana|Lake Holiday]]. The line was later sold to the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] and abandoned in the 1970s.<ref name=HOMC>''History of Montgomery County, Indiana : with personal sketches of representative citizens''. Indianapolis Ind.: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1913 - pg. 505</ref> The post office at New Market has been in operation since 1872.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Montgomery&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Montgomery County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=June 11, 2017}}</ref>

In 1893, during the run-up to [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]], citizens of New Market burned a saloon owned by Jake Feel; a second saloon, owned by Joe Haskins, was burned in December 1894.<ref>"Burn a Saloon and Boast of It," ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', December 22, 1984, page 1.</ref>