Description
Founded in 1858, Tell City is situated within the rolling hills of southern Indiana, along the Ohio River between Evansville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky. Sparsely planned by the Swiss Colonization Society of Cincinnati, Ohio, Tell City used to be at the start named Helvetia. To proclaim their Swiss origin and honor their hero, William Tell, the founders chose to rename the realm Tell City. Tell City is understood for its famous Tell City Pretzels, a tradition that dates back to 1858, and the Tell City Chair Company, a well known manufacturer of Early American-style furniture. After the closing of the Tell City Chair Company, the town changed from a furniture-manufacturing community to a more automotive-manufacturing community, with Waupaca and ATTC Manufacturing both employing a total of 1,500 other folks.