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Facts and History of Montpelier, Indiana

 

Indians were the first to inhabit this area of northeast Blackford County. This unspoiled, wooded tract was the site of a Miami Village and the home of Francis Godfrey, the tribe's last war chief. Our city was founded three miles west of the Godfrey Reserve.

 

In 1836, Able Baldwin of Cavendish, Vermont, founded Montpelier and named it after the capital of Vermont.

In 1887, oil was discovered in Montpelier and it earned the nickname "Oil City". At the turn of the century, the Montpelier Oil Field was said to be the best oil find east of the Mississippi River and the Marathon Oil Company built its home office here.

Montpelier is also known for its limestone quarries and its half mile clay harness racing track, said to be the fastest in the state.

The city glories in its past and much of that history lives on today. A 25 foot tall Indian statue stands as a larger-than-life reminder of Montpelier's Indian heritage. The imposing statue keeps a silent vigil next to the Montpelier Historical Society Museum, which features a fine collection of arrowheads.

 

 

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,929 people, 802 households, and 539 families residing in the city.

 

 

A Visit to My Home Town

 Montpelier, Indiana…Blackford County

On March 11, 2007 we visited my home town and I took these pictures. Montpelier is in the smallest county in Indiana, and is a very small town. It has 2 stoplights and one big Indian!

 

 

This is where my mom lived when she was a little girl when they first moved to Montpelier from Muncie, Indiana.

This is where I lived until I got married.

510 Franklin Avenue.  In 1994 there was a fire in the attic. Mom and dad sold the house, and moved in with my grandmother.

 

This is where I went to School grade 5-8 

Its is also the school my mom went to for highschool. It stands on the corner of Monroe and Franklin Avenue. All I had to do was walk across the street to go to school.

 

 

This is a downtown building in town. Several of them have these murals.

 

This huge statue of Cheif Little Turtle stands at the corner of State Road 18 and Main Streets downtown. It has been there since I was in 6th grade. It came from the Indiana reservation.

 

This is the house I lived in until I was 5.

114 E. Green Street...mom mom lived there until we got the house on Franklin Ave, and again lived there after the fire until 1998 when grandma sold her house and they moved to Poneto, Indiana.


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