This is Fairfield, Indiana
This is the official location for the history of Fairfield, Indiana. Well, actually it's just the front door.
What: Fairfield existed between the years 1815 and 1975, give or take a calendar month on either end of that. The blog that attaches to this page has attempted to capture the history of the town, its environment, its world and the people and events that mattered. Some of that is up to you, the user. The rest of it is memories, contributions, established history or gleaned information. It's accurate enough.
Why: The town was inundated in the early 1970s by a federal reservoir, sending its 100 or so families scurrying for safety as the floodwaters slowly backed up for about 7 years. We almost didn't have time to move our belongings, trees, cemeteries ... whatnot. So don't go scuba-diving for gold lockets. You won't find any.
Where: Franklin County, Indiana, is a mostly rural, mostly conservative area that was one of the original settlements in Indiana, a part of the Northwest Territories carved out of free Indian land that the Americans either stole from them or won from the British in the World Series of 1776-82.
If you care to connect to Fairfield and are curious about what's under Brookville Lake, this is your first stop. As you travel, there are menu items on the right. Some of that will make instant sense. Some of it will require explanation. The Fairfield 200 Blog was written in 2015, which magically connects the numbers "200" and "1815."
We tried to cover a lot of topics.
So, when the time came to consolidate the thoughts away from an older Fairfield website, this was the logical landing spot. You will see two distinct sections. The best stuff is in either of them. The history of our town was never dull; the people who collected it from the rampaging floodwaters and put it in order may be long gone when you read this. That will not keep you from sharing it with others.
The world that Fairfield inhabited is inside us.
You can visit our town, but you can't stay.
When you arrive at Fairfield200, you will notice that it is upside down. The earliest content is at the bottom of the menu. Hey, I didn't set it up and even if I had, the blog would have still started at the beginning, not the end.
If you want more direct connections to us, the Fairfield Facebook page is just the place. If you aren't a Fairfielder or in some way connected to it, you need to bring a good reason to join. We aren't interested in buying property in Bermuda, generally.
John, February 2023
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