{"product_id":"monticello-9781531632045","title":"Monticello","description":"Monticello was founded by the White County commissioners in 1834 on a bluff above the Tippecanoe River. They named it after the mansion of \u003cbr\u003eThomas 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 \u003cbr\u003eto 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 a \u003cbr\u003etourist destination in the 1920s after dams created the twin lakes--Shafer and Freeman--and Ideal Beach was conceived. It was renamed Indiana Beach in the 1950s and became the largest entertainment park in the state. In 1974, a devastating tornado roared through downtown Monticello, killing eight people and destroying a large part of the city. However, the people of Monticello banded together to reconstruct a stronger community. Today the city of Monticello is a thriving, progressive community growing in population and size. About a million \u003cbr\u003etourists come to the area each summer to relax and have fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531632045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"W. C. Madden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574095159477,"sku":"9781531632045","price":27.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_42026e87-1471-4312-991f-639dd565ef5f.jpg?v=1643689338","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monticello-9781531632045","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}