Editing Nicholson, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The borough of Nicholson was incorporated on August 23, 1875 and was named after John Nicholson, who had been Pennsylvania's comptroller general in the late 1700s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nicholsonheritage.org/nicholson/|title = Nicholson – Nicholson Heritage Association}}</ref>

The town of Nicholson attracted national attention during the final week of July 1986, when an escaped Bengal tiger was hunted in the area for several days.<ref>''Daily Herald'' (Chicago) "Bengal tiger on the loose," (July 28, 1986, p7); "Tiger loose in Pennsylvania mountains?" (July 29, 1986, p3)</ref> Despite air and ground searches by state police and zoo officials, the animal was never found.<ref>''The Indiana (Pa.) Gazette'' "Tiger may be stray pet, caller says," (July 30, 1986, p29) "Calls, leads in Gibson tiger hunt die down," (July 31, 1986, p3)</ref><ref>''Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald'' (UPI) "Was The Loose Tiger A Pet Which Finally Went Home?" (August 1, 1986, p1).</ref>