{"product_id":"monticello-w-c-madden-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. C. Madden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531632041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531632045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\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":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991501471999,"sku":"9781531632045","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8aab398f-289b-4607-8bcb-9b1403b1b98f.jpg?v=1683310671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monticello-w-c-madden-9781531632045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}