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Experience BOUNTYROWN C2019 VISITORS GUIDE Experience BOUNTYROWN C2019 VISITORS GUIDE BrOwn cOunty AmericAs LegendAry OhiO’s generAL COVERED BICYCLE ROUTE JOHN HUNT BRIDGES TO FREEDOM HERITAGE TRAIL 2019 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 2 Welcome!Brown county, Ohio Visitor’s guides some highlights: history of georgetown, Ohio home of ulysses s grant....................................8 America’s Legendary Bicycle route to Freedom..................................................10 Land of grant..............................................................................................14 trails of Brown county....................................................................................22 2019 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 3 GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2019 EXPERIENCE BROWN COUNTY, OHIO SOON! Nestled along the banks of the Ohio River and extending north almost to Warren County, Brown County, Ohio is rich with history and activities. Take a stroll through downtown Ripley and enjoy the sights of the Ohio River. Visit key points of historical interest including stops along the Underground Railroad in Ripley and the Ulysses S. Grant boyhood home in Georgetown. Shop along George- town’s Merchants Row and then enjoy dinner and a bottle of wine at a local winery. Take a lovely country drive to visit one of our many covered bridges or quilt barns. Brown County, Ohio has a lot to offer. Brown County is a rural, agricultural community with beautiful scenery, great hunting and fishing, fun on the Ohio River, rich historical sites and warm people. We welcome you to explore our county and discover all of the variety of wonderful things it has to offer. BROWN COUNTY OHIO TOURISM INC. MEMBERS Nancy Montgomery Sonja Cropper Betty Campbell Nancy Purdy Stan Purdy Carol Stivers Joyce Tull Follow us at www.experiencebrowncountyohio.com or on Facebook at Experience Brown County Ohio Visit Historic Georgetown, Ohio Founded 1819 Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home & Historical Sites -RKQ5XWKYHQ·V7KRPSVRQ+RXVH*DOOHU\ Historic Gaslight Theater Festivals, Concerts, & Events on the Courthouse Square Shopping on our Historic Square 2019 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 4 GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2019 GEORGETOWN BICENTENNIAL June 21, 22, 23 2019 Mural can be found in Georgetown Office Supply. By Madison Young and Laura Wood JOHN A. RUTHVEN’S Georgetown Office Supply WILDLIFE INTERNATIONAL’ INC. Original Paintings & Drawings • Limited Edition Prints Original Commissions • Free Framing Estimates 107 North Main Street, Selma Pitzer - At the Thompson House Georgetown, Ohio 45121 203 E. Grant Ave. PO Box 59 Georgetown, Ohio 45121 937-378-4222 800-892-3586 www.ruthven.com & find us on Facebook 2019 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 5 GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2019 Schoolhouse Quilts Jim Holden - Financial Advisor Joy Hanselman - Owner 101 N. Main Street 118 North Main St. Georgetown, OH 45121 Georgetown, Ohio 45121 Bus. 937-378-4939 TF. 866-378-4939 Phone: 937-378-4828 www.edwardjones.com Lori Adams Highlander President/Program Director 124 North Main St., Phone: 513.575.0968 • Fax: 513.575.1019 Georgetown [email protected] www.adams-recovery-center.org 937.378.6936 Adams Recovery Center Adams Recovery Center ARC Administrative Offices 1569 State Route 28 1050 Old US 50 109 North Main Street Loveland, OH 45140 New Richmond, OH 45157 Georgetown, OH 45121 BRIEF HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY type of tobacco. This type of tobacco later became known simply as burley tobacco. 2018 was the Brown County Bicentennial. As part of the Bicentennial celebration, the Brown County Ohio Hall of Fame was created. The first members to be installed were Civil War general and 18th President of the United States In 1817, Brown County was Ulysses S. Grant, former carved out of Adams County slave and active conductor of and Clermont County and the Underground Railroad named for General Jacob John Parker, and foundress of Brown, an American hero from the Ursulines of Brown the War of 1812. Brown County Julie Chatfield. County played a major role in Brown County covers 493 the abolitionist movement and sq. miles with a population of the Underground Railway. 44,846. It is President Ulysses Grant’s fa- bordered on the ther was an early settler and south by the opened a tannery. U.S. Grant Ohio River. resided there during his youth Brown County before he went to West Point. is a rural Brown County has always county with been a largely agricultural only 10% of the county. Historically, the county classi- county’s largest crop was to- fied as urban. bacco. In 1864, Higginsport The county was the first site of the first seat is George- farm to grow a white burley town. 2019 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 6 GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2019 HISTORY OF RIPLEY Ripley, Ohio is best known for its role as a network officers threatened to burn Ripley to the ground and of UGRR conductors and a major river port during referred to Ripley as “that abolitionist hellhole.” its storied history. Ripley thrived as an active river port and farmers In 1804, American Revolution veteran Colonel in the area raised so many hogs that at one time James Poage, came to Ohio to claim his 1,000 he Ripley was second to Cincinnati in the pork-packing had been granted in the Virginia Military District for- industry. merly known as the Northwest Territory. In 1812, he Steamboats, packet boats and showboats were a laid out the town of Staunton, Ohio, named after the common site at the Ripley docks. There were two town in Virginia he had come from. Staunton was boatyards located in Ripley and the new boats were renamed Ripley in 1816 to honor General Eleasar launched with some frequency. Nearby Levanna, Wheelock Ripley who had been an American officer west of Ripley, was even better-known for its boat- in the War of 1812. building business. Situated on the Ohio River, Ripley became a desti- The influx of immigrants during the 1840s and nation for slaves escaping slavery in Kentucky. It 1850s brought a new industry to the Ohio River val- was an early stop on the Underground Railroad for ley, the grape growing and wine business. Vine- slaves escaping to freedom in the North. Ripley yards were planted throughout the Ripley area as was home to a number of abolitionists including well as east and west of the village. The majority of John Rankin, former slave William Q. Atwood, the settlers working in this industry were from Ger- Thomas McCague, Thomas Collins, and Dr. Alexan- many, France and Ireland. A blight after the turn of der Campbell. It is the site of the crossing by Eliza the century heralded the beginning of the end for the in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A large network of men and grape industry. However, in the 1980s a new breed women, black and white, operated in the Ripley of grape producers revived the business and today area. Their Underground Railroad work became so vineyards in the Ripley area produce wine that com- wide-spread that during the Civil War Confederate pete with the best in the country. mt orab food court 2019 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 7 GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2019 HISTORY OF GEORGETOWN, OHIO Home of Ulysses S. Grant Georgetown is the county the temple Greek Revival seat of Brown County, Ohio. It style of architecture. The Dr. covers an area of 4.04 square Philip Buckner home and miles with a population of barn, 610 S. Main St., built in 4336. It was founded in 1819 1845, is an example of a clas- and was named after George- sical style residence with Fed- town, Kentucky. eral influence. To the west of On July 15, 1863, at 9:30 the house is a 19th century AM, 200-300 of Morgan’s barn with vertical siding. The Raiders entered Georgetown, Georgetown Historic District shot at several citizens, includes 17 acres with 42 robbed a number of businesses and after 3 hours of building historic buildings including the Brown County looting moved on. Georgetown grew slowly but by Courthouse. The Georgetown Public School, 307 W. 1886, it had 5 churches, 2 of which were African Grant Ave., built in 1898 housed all grades in a central American, 3 newspapers, a bank, and a woolen mill. location which was the custom in small towns in the The woolen mill was the largest employer with 19 19th century. It is an architectural example of turn of workers. the century institutional buildings. All grades were Georgetown has a number of buildings on the Na- housed in this building until 1921 when another build- tional Register of Historic Places. The Bailey House, ing was built across the street. The Grant boyhood 112 N. Water St., built in 1832 is one of the oldest home, 219 E. Grant Ave, was built by U.S. Grant’s fa- houses in Georgetown. It is an excellent example of ther in 1823 and was U.S. Grant’s Boyhood Home www.johnparkerhouse.net 2019 BROWN COUNTY TOURISM GUIDE 8 GUIDE TOURISM COUNTY BROWN 2019 from 1824-1839 when he left for West Point. gressman Thomas L. Hamer, U.S. suffragette Electra The Gaslight Theater was opened in 1907 as a Collins Doren, U.S. Army Major General August V. vaudeville house. It later showed “talkies.” It was a Kautz, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Albert Kautz, 1904- movie theater until 1962. It currently is use to offer 1932 managing editor of the New York Times from plays, lectures, performing arts, historical presenta- Carr Van Anda, former NBA star Brian Grant, and tions, and concerts. world renown wildlife artist John Ruthven. Notable people, other than U.S. Grant, associated Georgetown is the scene of the Brown County Fair with Georgetown include the father of U.S. Grant and is also known as the Little State Fair. It has been held 1837 Mayor of Georgetown Jesse Root Grant, Con- every year since 1850.
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