Seeing a need for natural gas service in small communities in
south east Indiana which were not being served by the existing large gas
utilities and realizing that natural gas service adequate for the needs of
residential, commercial and industrial customers was vital to the survival of
small towns, Robert Wortman, with the support of community leaders, started what
is presently known as Fountaintown Gas Co., Inc.
Fountaintown Gas Co. Inc. was a small family owned gas company that
had previously served the Fountaintown community from local wells with a very
limited gas supply. Under new ownership, construction of a modern distribution
system, connected to a major intrastate pipeline, was started in 1967.