Editing Pendleton, Indiana (section)

==History==
Pendleton was [[plat]]ted in 1830, and incorporated as a town in 1854.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA729|title=Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana | publisher=Wilson, Humphreys & Co. |author1=Forkner, John La Rue  |author2=Dyson, Byron H.|name-list-style=amp|year=1897|page=729}}</ref> It was named for town founder Thomas Pendleton.<ref name=TPI/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5635|title=Profile for Pendleton IN|publisher=ePodunk|access-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref>

===Fall Creek Massacre===
The [[Fall Creek Massacre]] is the name given to the brutal murders of a peaceful group of Seneca and Miami Indians by white settlers. The massacre occurred on March 22, 1824, in Madison County between [[Fall Creek (Indiana)|Fall Creek]] and Deer Lick Creek. James Hudson's trial was held October 7–9, 1824. Trials of the other men were held in 1825. The trial set an important precedent in recognizing the civil rights of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. The three men were hanged for their crimes in Pendleton. This marked the first time white men were executed for the murder of Native Americans in the United States. A historical marker in Falls Park marks the place of the hanging. The inscription reads: "Three white men were hung here in 1825 for killing Indians."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=225|title=Three White Men Were Hung Here Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref>

===Attack on Frederick Douglass===
[[Frederick Douglass]] wrote of being attacked by a mob as he promoted the [[Abolitionism in the United States|Abolition]] cause in 1843. His party had erected a platform in nearby woods. A crowd of "rough characters", largely from "Andersonville", tried to silence them, then severely beat them. He defended himself with a stick, but was knocked unconscious. He was nursed back to health over days by the [[Quaker]] Neal Hardy and his wife. Douglass never regained full use of his injured hand.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Life and Times of Frederick Douglass |last=Douglass|first=Frederick|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/lifeandtimesfre00douggoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/lifeandtimesfre00douggoog/page/n265 287] 288|quote="Pendleton this mobocratic spirit was even more pronounced. It was found impossible to obtain a building in which to hold our convention, and our friends, Dr. Fussell and others, erected a platform in the woods, where quite a large audience assembled. Mr. Bradburn, Mr. White, and myself were in attendance. As soon as we began to speak a mob of about sixty of the roughest characters I ever looked upon ordered us, through its leaders, to "be silent," threatening us, if we were not, with violence. We attempted to dissuade them, but they had not come to parley but to fight, and were well armed. They tore down the platform on which we stood, assaulted Mr. White and knocking out several of his teeth, dealt a heavy blow on William A. White, striking him on the back part of the head, badly cutting his scalp and felling him to the ground. Undertaking to fight my way through the crowd with a stick which I caught up in the mêlée, I attracted the fury of the mob, which laid me prostrate on the ground under a torrent of blows. Leaving me thus, with my right hand broken, and in a state of unconsciousness, the mobocrats hastily mounted their horses and rode to Andersonville, where most of them resided. I was soon raised up and revived by Neal Hardy, a kind-hearted member of the Society of Friends, and carried by him in his wagon about three miles (5&nbsp;km) in the country to his home, where I was tenderly nursed and bandaged by good Mrs. Hardy till I was again on my feet, but as the bones broken were not properly set my hand has never recovered its natural strength and dexterity. We lingered long in Indiana, and the good effects of our labors there are felt at this day. I have lately visited Pendleton, now one of the best republican towns in the State, and looked again upon the spot where I was beaten down, and have again taken by the hand some of the witnesses of that scene, amongst whom was the kind, good lady—Mrs. Hardy—who, so like the good Samaritan of old, bound up my wounds, and cared for me so kindly."|access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref>

=== 2019 tornado ===
{{See also|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019}}
Pendleton was struck by a strong tornado during the evening of May 27, 2019, during a major [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019|tornado outbreak]]. Moderate damage was reported to the town, with search and rescue efforts beginning that night.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/05/27/tornado-watch-indiana-includes-hamilton-boone-counties/1252805001/ |title=Indiana weather: Tornado watches extended, search and rescue underway in Pendleton. During the tornado other tornados were spotted about 10 miles away from Pendleton which were classified as EF-2 with winds reaching 135 mph. |website=Indianapolis Star |access-date=May 28, 2019}}</ref> The tornado received a rating of high-end EF-2, with winds of {{convert|130|mph}}.
[[File:Pendleton,Indiana.jpg|thumb|Photo from Small Town Indiana survey]]
[[File:Fallspark.jpg|thumb|Falls Park]]