Monticello

by W.C. Madden

Book Overview

Monticello was founded by the White County commissioners in 1834 on a bluff above the Tippecanoe River. They named it after the mansion of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

It was incorporated as a town in 1862. The county seat grew more rapidly when the railroads came to town before the Civil War. Then the town grew large enough to become a city in 1909, and a mayor was elected. The area around the city became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738551481
• ISBN13: 9780738551487
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.2"