The Great Manufacturing Center
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The “Kokomo Board of Trade” was an early economic development organization that used the plentiful natural gas to entice manufacturers to come to Howard County. Around the region, such organizations were offering companies free gas, free land, and easy access to railroads.
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Natural Gas Well Drilled in Kokomo
The use of natural gas as fuel goes back to the 1820s, but its real value didn’t become apparent until the 1880s. The discovery of a gas reserve in Pennsylvania revolutionized the steel and glass manufacturing industries there in the 1870s and…