Hartford City Indiana Courthouse

the city where we had our tm residence course.

hartford city is a very small city with a beautiful courthouse hinting that it has had better days.

from wilkipedia:

folklore taught in local elementary schools suggested that hartford city was originally a place to cross lick creek, known as hart's ford. this evolved to hartford, and was eventually changed to hartford city to avoid confusion. in 1887 the region began to grow because of the indiana gas boom. hartford city?s population tripled in the next decade, as manufacturers were lured to the region to take advantage of low costs for land and the natural gas. hartford city benefited from railroad service from two railroads in addition to a natural gas supply that was thought to be unlimited. manufacturers such as hartford city glass, sneath glass company, hartford city paper, utility paper, and willman lumber all located or began in hartford city during the 1890s. because the supply of natural gas was soon exhausted, many of these businesses have slowly left the city and the city is small today.