Editing Fowler, Indiana (section)

== History ==
[[Image:Fowler time capsule.png|thumb|left|190px|[[Time capsule]] near the courthouse]]

Fowler was [[plat]]ted by husband and wife [[Moses Fowler House|Moses]] and Eliza Fowler on October 26, 1872,<ref name=jc>[https://www.jconline.com/story/news/history/2016/03/18/moses-fowler-had-far-reaching-influence/81182194/ "Moses Fowler had far-reaching influence"] - ''[[Journal & Courier]]'', March 18, 2016</ref> and originally consisted of 583 lots, though a re-platting on April 8, 1875, expanded it to 1,602 lots and 20 blocks. Several more additions were made to the town over subsequent years.

The town's first home was erected in March 1871 by Scott Shipman, and its first business opened in June of that year, a small general store run by Henry D. Clark.  Many more businesses followed over the next few years, including the Henry Jacobs & Son grocery, grain elevators built by L. Templeton, and blacksmith John E. Mitchell, who was also the town's first postmaster (succeeded by grocer Henry Jacobs).  In 1874, Fowler became the county seat, which until that time had occupied nearby [[Oxford, Indiana|Oxford]].

The town was incorporated in 1875, and its rapid growth is clear from the following list, printed in an 1883 history of Benton County:
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"In September, 1875, the town of Fowler contained ten lawyers, one minister, three doctors, one dentist, one baker, two barber shops, three billiard saloons, two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, three boot and shoe stores, one grain elevator, two dry goods stores, twenty carpenters, one furniture store, two stove and tin stores, one hardware store, one hotel, three restaurants, two drug stores, three millinery establishments, two saloons, two livery stables, three retail groceries, one clothing store, one merchant tailor, one graded school, two printing offices, two lumber yards, two churches and about 1,200 inhabitants."<ref>Mossman 1883, p. 311.</ref>
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Fowler is home to the [[Fowler Ridge Wind Farm]].

The [[Benton County Courthouse (Indiana)|Benton County Courthouse]], [[Fowler Theatre]], and [[Fraser & Isham Law Office]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>