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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/RupturedDuck1942 on 2025-12-27 20:25:01+00:00.
With the Rose Bowl featuring the Hoosiers, I figured it was worth sharing that some of Pasadena’s earliest white settlers were from Indiana and tried to establish Pasadena as the “Indiana Colony.” Like many California transplants, good weather (and good real estate marketing) drew them to Southern California.
As luck would have it, the area the group settled was on the hills above the Arroyo Seco where the Rose Bowl would later be built. Lots more to the story for early Pasadena history, but plenty of Indiana connections throughout that period.
From Pasadena, we welcome back our Imperial Indiana Overlords.
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