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2015 Brown County, Ohio Tourism Guide 2015 Brown County, Ohio Tourism Guide Things you didn’t know about 10 Brown County County boasts more than 30 quilt barns Wine divine in Brown County A supplement of Short-Term Rehabilitation Home Health Outpatient Rehab & Wellness Assisted Living Community Long-Term Care Memory Care Aquatic Therapy Coming Soon 937-392-4318 • 5280 US Highway 62 & 68 Ripley, OH 45167 2015 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2015 www.ohiovalleymanor.com 40795468 2 Brown County, Ohio Tourism Inc. formed Welcome! A group of Brown Coun- She wishes to share Brown tians interested in promoting County tourism opportuni- tourism in Brown County, ties with others. 2015 Brown County Ohio have joined to form a Susan Bean: Susan is a not for profit Corporation member of the Georgetown under Ohio Law known as Village Council and an active Tourism Guide Brown County Ohio Tour- member of the Georgetown ism, Inc. The corporation community. She hails from will also apply to be des- New York State, where she Quilt Barns .................. 4 ignated a 501(C) (3) tax was active in promoting tour- exempt organization. The ism. The Parker House ........ 6 501(C) (3) designation will Betty Campbell: Betty is enable donations to be tax active in the Ripley commu- Holiday Forest deductible and qualify the nity, especially the Rankin group for grants and public House and the National of Lights ...................... 6 assistance. The purpose of Underground Railroad Muse- the corporation in its Articles um. Betty coordinates many Deer hunting ............... 8 of Incorporation is to devel- tourists to Ripley and Brown Fall in op, enhance, publicize, and County. encourage tourism in Brown Natasha Coldiron: Natasha Brown County .............10 County, Ohio. is an elementary teacher in The group assisted in the the Fayetteville School sys- 10 Things You production of this tourism tem. She brings her social guide. The founding mem- media skills to the group. Didn’t Know bers are: Stan Purdy: Stan is Carol Pulliam Stivers: President of the U.S. Grant about Brown County ...12 Carol has long been inter- Homestead Association and ested in promoting tourism promotes activities of the Civil War in Brown County. She repre- Association throughout the sents the John Parker House year and attendance at the scholar to visit ............14 of Ripley and various other Grant Boyhood Home and groups interested in tourism. Schoolhouse. New U.S. Grant Nancy Montgomery: Nancy Sonja Cropper: Sonja is is a former librarian for Felic- the former Tourism Director impersonator to visit ..15 ity Schools and District Tech- for Brown County and has a nology Coordinator. wealth of information about Ohio Valley Tourism in Brown County and from surrounding Coun- Natural Fibers ............16 ties. Pipe Organs ...............19 Rankin House .............20 GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2015 Theaters .................... 22 The Old Home Place ..24 Wineries ....................26 3 LOCATIONS Quilt Barns of Brown County 1. Ohio Star 5455 U.S. Rt. 62 & 68, Ripley 2. LeMoyne Star 328 W. State St., Georgetown 3. Kings Cross 15218 U.S. Rt. 68, Mt Orab 4. Star and Cross 6280 St. Rt. 68, Ripley 5 .Lone Star 849 St. Rt. 125, Hamersville 6. North Star 12126 Purdy Rd., Sardinia 7. Martha Washington’s Star 11853 Pool-Kuntz Rd., Sardinia 8. Georgetown Circle 760 St. Rt. 756, Felicity 9. Union 12681 U.S. Rt. 62, Sardinia 10. Double Star & Double Star 3241 U.S. Rt. 52, Higginsport 11. Ohio Star Variation 7362 Tri-County Rd., Sardinia 12. Corn and Beans 8240 St. Rt. 125, Russellville 13. Clay’s Choice 5075 St. Rt. 763, Ripley 14. Pride of Ohio 3311 St. Rt. 763, Aberdeen 15. Indian Star 7689 Gooselick Rd., Ripley 16. LeMoyne Star Variation 6071 Camp Run Rd., Georgetown 17. Capital T 20346 U.S. Rt. 68, Fayetteville 18. Martha Washington Star 10332 U.S. Rt. 68, Georgetown 19. Buckeye Beauty 10501 Dayhill Arnheim Rd., Georgetown 20. Lone Star 12126 Purdy Rd., Sardinia 21. Pinwheel 1065 U.S. Rt. 62, Sardinia 2015 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2015 22. Bow Tie 12440 St. Rt. 774, Bethel 4 Courtesy Photo A ‘clothesline of quilts’ By Carol Stivers Quilt Barns are a great example of public art for all to see and enjoy. Quilting is an art form that has been around for centuries. Quilts are practical and beautiful. There are many popular and well known pat- terns as well as many one of a kind patterns. Quilt Barns showcase quilt patterns and in some locations showcase heritage barns. There is a group of people who travel to visit Quilt Barns and take pictures. It is a tourist attraction all over the U.S. The Brown County Ohio goal was to have at least one Quilt Barn in each of our townships, so that people who follow the Quilt Barns would travel all over the county. Brown County now has over 30 Quilt Barns, 22 that were arranged by the Quilt Barn Com- mittee and 9 or 10 completed by private indi- viduals. They are all important and add to the overall “Clothesline of Quilts” that started in Adams County and is now all over the U.S. Twenty-two of the Brown County Quilt Barns are listed with their location and quilt pattern. 716 N High St, Mt Orab, OH 45154 (513) 309-0781 2015 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2015 www.bardwellwinery.com 5 40794171 The Parker House By Carol Stivers others to freedom. In Mobile, Parker was The Parker House in Rip- sold to a doctor. There he ley, Ohio is an Underground was taught to read, illegally, Railroad site. by the doctor’s sons. Sev- It has been awarded the eral years later, Parker made status of a National His- multiple daring attempts to toric Landmark which is escape, but was returned the highest award given by to Mobile. In 1845, he was the National Park Service to allowed to purchase his historic sites. It is the former freedom by earning extra home of John P. Parker, who money at a foundry. Parker was born a slave, bought his then moved to Ohio where he own freedom and became married Miranda Boulden of a successful businessman. Cincinnati, and by 1849 the Parker was an abolition- Parkers had settled in Ripley, ist and a conductor on the Ohio a thriving abolitionist Underground Railroad. town of about 5000 with 300 members in their anti-slavery Photo by Carol Stivers By day he ran the Phoenix The Parker House in Ripley is a National Historic Landmark as designated by Foundry making all types society. Parker worked with the United States National Park Service. of farm machinery and iron other Ripley conductors on products and by night he the Underground Railroad, Parker died in January autobiography “His Promised helped fugitive slaves escape. such as, the Rev. John Rankin 1900, leaving behind his wife, Land” or the website www. He frequently crossed the and the Collins brothers. Miranda and six college edu- johnparkerhouse.org. Ohio River to transport those Parker was successful in cated children. To visit his restored home/ seeking freedom on the first many arenas. During the At the Parker House you museum contact: John P. leg of their journey north. Civil War, Parker was a key will hear about the life and Parker Historical Society, Parker was an amazing recruiter for the 27th Ohio times of Parker and see beau- Inc., 300 N. Front Street, P.O. man. At age eight he was Volunteer Infantry (Colored) tiful paintings depicting Park- Box 246, Ripley, Ohio 45167. sold, chained to other slaves Regiment. Parker’s foundry er’s life. In the 1800’s Room, Hours of Operation are and made to walk ragged and was a major employer in you can walk on the very May through November, open barefoot from his original Ripley, employing both blacks floors that Parker walked and Friday & Saturday 10:00 home in Virginia to Mobile, and whites. He was a success- look through the windows a.m.- 5:00 p.m. and Sunday Alabama. It was on this jour- ful entrepreneur and inventor. from which Parker looked 1:00-5:00 p.m. Admission: ney that his spirit was ignited Parker had three U.S. patents when he and his family lived Adults $4, Students (7-18) with the anger and hatred of for agricultural inventions, in this home. $2. Group tours available bondage that would fuel his among the earliest granted to For more information year-round by calling 937- lifelong passion for helping an African-American. about Parker check out his 392-4188. Holiday Forest of Lights By Carol Stivers with lovely crystal lights during the Trees are tagged with both the month of December. honoree’s name and the donor’s The Annual Holiday Forest of As a fund raiser for Parker House name. There is always a program Lights is a beautiful display of lights and, also, to take part in Ripley’s on December 1st when the trees are and trees located in the Parker Park River Village Christmas Celebration. dedicated and the lights are turned at 300 N. Front Street in Ripley, Ohio Individuals, families and businesses on. next to the Parker House. are asked to sponsor trees in memo- Be sure to make a trip to Ripley to In this location across from the ry of loved ones who have died or in see the Holiday Forest of Lights. For 2015 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2015 Ripley’s River Walk the night is filled honor of loved ones still living. more information call: 937-392-1135. 6 2015 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 7 40794818 Deer hunting in Brown County By Tom Cross during the summer when antlers are developing.” Division of Wildlife Deer The top pick for mega Biologist Mike Tonkovich bucks and looking over the once said to me, and it’s results of seasons past prove often repeated by Buckeye Clermont, Brown, Highland, Big Buck Club officials, and Adams are top counties “Anywhere in Ohio has the for producing trophy white- potential to produce a trophy tails.
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