Editing Monticello, Indiana (section)

==History==
[[File:James Culbertson Reynolds House.jpg|thumb|James Culbertson Reynolds House in Monticello is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Indiana|National Register of Historic Places]]]]
Monticello was laid out in 1834 as the county seat,<ref>{{cite book|last=Hamelle|first=W. H.|title=A Standard History of White County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVA0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA289|year=1915|publisher=Unigraphic|page=289}}</ref> with a post office established that year, and is still currently in operation.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=White | title=White County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> The city was named after [[President of the United States|President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s [[Monticello|estate]] in [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5557 | title=Profile for Monticello, IN | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> In 1853, Monticello was officially incorporated as a town.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hellmann |first=Paul T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&lpg=PA313&pg=PA323#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |date=2006-02-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94859-7 |page=323 |language=en}}</ref>

Monticello, Indiana sustained serious damage by a tornado on April 3, 1974, part of the [[1974 Super Outbreak]] that caused death and destruction across the midwest and south.<ref name=NWS>{{Cite web
|url= http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/?n=superoutbreak
|title= The Monticello Tornado
|author= Northern Indiana Office
|publisher= [[National Weather Service]]
|access-date= 2010-07-12}}</ref> The aftermath of this storm is recorded in the Herald Journal's book, ''Killer Tornado''. The tornado was rated F4 on the [[Fujita scale]]. This storm killed eight people and was part of [[tornado family]] that killed 18, causing an estimated $100 million in damage.<ref name=NWS/> In the immediate aftermath of the storm, news outlets reported three hundred deaths across the United States and the creation of temporary morgues.<ref>"'I'll never forget,' ''DHJ'' reader says of April 3, 1974".  ''Monticello Daily Herald-Journal'', 3 April 1975 supplement, 30.</ref> The local paper said the aftermath was similar to a [[World War II]] bombing.

On September 2, 2005, Jordan Manufacturing burned down. The company manufactured outdoor furniture such as folding chairs, umbrellas, and seat cushions. Due to the materials used in making these products, four city blocks were contaminated with toxins. The blaze was large enough to require firefighters from seven surrounding communities to battle it and needed approximately "3000 gallons of water per minute for the first three hours of the blaze."<ref>Herald Journal Weekend Edition of September 3–4-5, 2005</ref>  While such a fire might not be a big event for a larger city, it had a profound impact on Monticello, as Jordan Manufacturing was one of the few manufacturing plants left in the city after a [[recession]] in the 2000s.

The [[Monticello Carnegie Library]], [[James Culbertson Reynolds House]], and [[South Grade School Building]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130705.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2013-07-05|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/24/13 through 6/28/13 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>