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== History == In 1801, Samuel F. Jones was given the task of finding a route for the [[Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike]] to connect The [[Hudson River|Hudson]] and [[Delaware River]]s. While he marked the path through what was then [[Orange County, New York|Orange]] and [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster counties]] he saw an opportunity to build a village on the turnpike. Samuel convinced his younger brother, [[John Patterson Jones]], to buy a 1861-acre tract of land that would be bisected by the turnpike so they could build this new village. In 1803, John and 11 other men started work on a [[sawmill]], and other infrastructure to help them build the village. The group left the area during the winter but would return in the early months of 1804 to continue their work. In spring of the same year the route for the turnpike was finalized and the two brothers started to plan the village. After the plan was completed, the first tree was chopped down by John September 4, 1804, on the property that would later become his house. The village grew from there, having 20 houses by 1813 and being officially incorporated on April 20, 1830.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administrator |title=Monticello |url=http://www.scnyhistory.org/index.php/history/thompson/702-monticello |access-date=October 21, 2022 |website=www.scnyhistory.org |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Founders of the Village of Monticello |url=http://tomrue.net/history/founders.htm |access-date=October 21, 2022 |website=tomrue.net}}</ref> === 1909 fire === On the evening of August 10, 1909, a major fire started in the Broadway district of Monticello. The fire started in a local power station and quickly spread from building to building, engulfing the whole of Broadway street in flames. Local fire departments were scrambled to stop the fire, quickly containing the fire and stopping its spread to residential areas. By the time the dust had settled, 40 buildings had been reduced to ash, causing roughly 1 million dollars in damages. Luckily, no one was killed in the fire and the village soon rebuilt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monticello in Flames, 1909 |url=https://tomrue.net/history/1909fire.htm |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=tomrue.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Waddell |first=Ted |title=Monticello's Great Fire of 1909 |url=https://riverreporter.com/stories/monticellos-great-fire-of-1909,48370 |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=The River Reporter |language=en}}</ref>
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