Princeton

LOCATION
Princeton
Located	New Jersey, USA
Locations within	Princeton University Jones house Stratemeyer house Harper's Pharmacy
Residents	Henry Jones, Sr. Anna Jones Indiana Jones Nancy Stratemeyer Edward Stratemeyer

The town of Princeton in New Jersey is most known for being the site of Princeton University.

History

It was in Princeton in 1899 that Indiana Jones was born, in the Jones house, shortly after the Joneses had moved to the town where Henry Jones, Sr. had recently earned a professor position. While the senior Jones taught courses and conducted research into medieval studies, the young Jones spent his first few years getting into trouble around town. In 1908, the entire family left Princeton as Henry had the opportunity to give lectures around the world, not returning to the United States until 1910.

Henry and Indy in Princeton, 1916.

By 1916, the elder and younger Jones were back in Princeton, with young Indiana attending high school with his sweetheart, Nancy Stratemeyer, daughter of writer Edward Stratemeyer. Together, the couple solved a mystery involving plans to steal an invention from Thomas Edison's labs in nearby Menlo Park and attended the senior prom together. However, Indy went to New Mexico on spring break, and then got caught up with Pancho Villa's revolution and World War I, and didn't finish high school.

In 1919, Indy returned to the city and saw Nancy again. However, the rift between Indy and his father had grown so deep that Indy's preference to attend the University of Chicago over Princeton University for studies planted a near two-decade long estrangement.

Indy would once again return to Princeton in 1933, when he took a teaching job at the university. By 1935, however, he had returned to Marshall College in Connecticut. Henry Sr. continued to teach medieval history at Princeton University, at least until 1938.

In 1993, the elderly Indiana Jones returned to Princeton and attended a family Thanksgiving dinner.

Locations within Princeton

• Princeton University
• Jones house
• Stratemeyer house
• High School
• Harper's Pharmacy

Appearances

• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Princeton, May 1905" (Cancelled)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal" → My First Adventure
• Egypt, May 1908 comic
• The Mummy's Curse
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Peking, March 1910" (Mentioned only)
• Indy in China: The Runaway Adventure (Mentioned only)
• Young Indiana Jones and the Pirates' Loot (Mentioned only)
• Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire (Mentioned only)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Princeton, February 1916" → Spring Break Adventure
• Race to Danger
• The Irish Rebellion (Mentioned only)
• The Mata Hari Affair (Mentioned only)
• Revolution in Russia (Mentioned only)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father" → Winds of Change
• The Roaring Twenties (Mentioned only)
• Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs
• Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth
• Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone
• Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx
• Indiana Jones and the Pyramid of the Sorcerer (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Grail Diary
• Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
•  Chapter 19: Winds of Change on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
• Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
• The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
• Interactive Timeline
•  Defining Moments: “Time Stands Still” on Lucasfilm.com (backup link on Archive.org)