Indiana CountyIndiana County was little more than a collection of forests and sparse settlements when it was formed in 1803. At the center of the county lay the area that was to become the city of Indiana, a community built on land donated by George Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Over the next one hundred fifty years, the county embraced the growth of numerous settlements, farms, logging operations, small businesses, and a booming coal industry that fueled the railroads of western Pennsylvania. With scenes of rolling hills and railroads, mining towns and main streets, from Rossiter to Saltsburg, Indiana County celebrates the region's bicentennial through nearly two hundred vintage postcards from the first half of the twentieth century. |
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Adrian Iselin Arcadia Armagh became a borough Bituminous Coal Corporation Black Lick Blairsville Buffalo built campus Cherry Tree Cherryhill Township Clearfield Bituminous Coal Coal and Iron Coke College company store Conemaugh River constructed courthouse Creekside Dixonville Ernest Fire Clay Company G.C. Murphy Glass Company Glen Campbell high school Homer City hospital Hotel House Incubator Factory Indiana County Indiana State Normal Indiana State Teachers Indiana Theater industry Iron Company Iselin Jimmy Stewart John Sutton Hall July largest Leonard Hall located Lucerne Main Street Marion Center mill mines named National Bank Normal School North Park Penn Run Penn-Mary Coal Company Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Street photograph pictured Pittsburgh Coal Pittsburgh Railroad Plumville population post office opened postcard postmaster Prairie State Incubator Presbyterian Church president Public School Building purchased Rayne Township Rochester and Pittsburgh Saltsburg served Shelocta Sixth Street station Township turnpike two-story West Wheatfield Wilson Hall York Central Railroad