Post Offices and Peanut Butter: A look at Monticello 90 years ago

Rebekah Sheats Contributor Well, we’ve officially entered the fourth quarter of 2022. As this year begins to draw to a close, let’s pause a minute and take a look at what was happening in our hometown ninety years ago. Nine decades ago, Jefferson County was struggling through the difficult days of the Great Depression. The federal government made many changes during this time, but one of them directly affected little Monticello in a very real way. In fact, the effects of a 1931 act of C