Carmel Books
Want to know more about this history of Carmel? You’ve come to the right place! We have books on a variety of topics with lots of interesting pictures!
The Story of Range Line Road
This book follows the development of the road from the pioneer days through the gravel road era to the town’s campaign to route the Dixie Highway along the road in the early 1900s. They were successful, but lost the highway less than a decade later. Learn how in this book!
From Bethlehem to Carmel
covers the time period 1822–1899. It begins with a chapter on Carmel’s Quaker roots. Their advocacy for education, abolitionism, peace and temperance largely shaped the culture in town for much of the nineteenth century. It also discusses the impact of the Civil War, tells the stories of the freedmen and freedwomen who made their home here after emancipation, and tells how the town developed during the Gilded Age. It concludes with the history of three forgotten towns—Mattsville, Sockum/Eldorado, and East Branch/Gray—and a history of the nineteenth century churches.