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Ahistory of Carmel
1837 | Bethlehem founded and the first general store was _
constructed. MAIN
1845 | Aframed schoolhouse wasconstructed near the
town’scrossroads. _1
ST1846 | Bethlehem changed its name to Carmel; first post
_office opened. 1
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1882 | Rails of the Monon Railroad were laid through Carmel,
and adepot wasopened in 1883. 08
_1921 | TheCarmel Volunteer Fire Department purchased its NOFOLIO
first fire truck.
1930 | Water system installed.
1933 | Gas pipeline installed. 11
_1949 | Carmel Theatre opened —ticket prices were 40 cents B
_for adults and 20 cents for children; candy bars sold A
for anickel each. _11
1958 | New high school built on E. Main Street; additions _4
added in 1963, 1969 and 1977. ;Pa
ge1965 | Keystone Ave.(Route 431) opened, and Woodland
:Springs,Cool Creek and Keystone Square were 1
;annexed to Carmel, doubling the p opulation. Tr
im1975 | First City primary took place in Carmel, electing Mayor
sAlbert Pickett. i
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:1985 | St.Vincent Carmel, the first full-service hospital in (8.
Carmel, opened on N. Meridian Street. 37
51987 | 150th anniversary of the founding of Carmel. x
11990 | Carmel Parks and Recreation Department established. 0Alan Thompson, manager of the McNamara Florist store in Carmel, knows
.8the city’sgrowth has helped his business.1993 | Carmel Arts Council founded. 7
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1994 | Flowing Well Park opened. That happened in 1976, when Carmel’s first mayor,Albert ;P
Pickett, took office. l1998 | Prairie Meadow Park opened. at
“Builders started coming in, developing the land,” Kaiser e:2000 | New 3million-gallon water storage tank completed.
said. “I think it started growing because people from Compo
Indianapolis wanted to get out to some suburban areas.”2002 | 5.2-mile Monon Trail opened from 96th Street to
Until 1965, Keystone Avenue ended at 86th Street.146th Street.
s“Wedecided to driveupthis way to see houses because i2005 | Clarian North Medical Center,a700,000-square-foot, t
eKeystone had been finished,” said Nancy Blondin, retired ;Da
170-patient bed facility,opened its doors to patients. former president of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce.
te“MytheoryisKeystone helped make Carmel. Residential :
Sources: www.carmel.in.gov,www.clariannorth.com 07 development happened and business came.
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