Taken from “The Wellsville Daily Reporter”
Submitted by William A. Greene
I have had many people ask me how Indian Creek got its name, and I have never had a clue as to the answer until the other day
when I ran across this little article taken from the Wellsville Daily Reporter, unknown date.
From the time when the settlers started coming into this area of New York State it was illegal for them to cross “The Indian
Line”. This line was located about 1 mile west of Andover headed towards Wellsville.
To cross the line was forbidden, dangerous, and against the law of the United States, the State of New York, the State of
Massachusetts and as well as being considered trespassing and encroachment by the sovereign nation of the Seneca’s, the Haudenosaunee and the Iroquois.
It wasn’t until 1797 that it was made legal for the settlers to cross “The Indian Line” and come into the Genesee River
Valley. The North – South “Indian Line” ran along the creek which started up the valley between what is now Trapping Brook Road or County Rt. 30 and State Rt. 417, and emptied into Dyke Creek. The creek became known as “Indian Creek” and when the path was made into a town road, it became
known as “Indian Creek Road.”
