The history of the Watermelon Festival

   Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc.  For 74 years, Monticello has been the home of the annual Watermelon Festival, when Jefferson County has plenty of festivities to be found, old and new alike. With all this excitement buzzing around town, it's the perfect time to remember why we have the Watermelon Festival.  Jefferson County has been an agricultural community since its beginning. For many decades, the primary crop produced by the county was cotton. With the introduction of t