Only 6 Brown County coverlets are left. The design is with the Court House in the middle surrounded by a mail pouch barn, Rankin House, McCafferty Covered Bridge, Boyhood Home of Ulysses S. Grant, Mt. Orab Depot, Scared Heart Chapel in St. Martin and the Bicentennial Barn.

To purchase a coverlet contact the Brown County Department of Travel & Tourism at 937-378-1970 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The proceeds from the sale of this coverlet will be used for marketing of Brown County

Wine lovers will delight in vineyards of southwestern Ohio
COLUMBUS DISPATCH NOVEMBER 6, 2011

MANCHESTER, Ohio — Even if I didn’t enjoy drinking wine — a difficult thing to imagine, I admit — wineries would offer a most excellent excuse to explore a new terroir, even, or perhaps especially, close to home.

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Cozy log cabin nestled in 200 acre farm in the rolling hills of Brown County, Ohio. The cabin is equipped with a Jacuzzi, fireplace, central heat and air conditioning. Year round guests can enjoy breathtaking views, radiant sunsets and miles of trails for hiking. A WINTER wonderland in its snowy splendor, you can have lots of fun sled riding, ice skating or enjoying the fireplace with friends and family. Experience SPRING with the trees and flowers in blushing brilliance. Fishing and basking in the warmth of the sun are SUMMER fun. One of the most glorious times is FALL. Dazzling evenings for star gazing, and spectacular AUTUMN foliage. You can luxuriate in the serenity and peaceful solitude of MEADOWCREST FARMS. MEADOWCREST FARMS is close to golfing, boating, shopping and restaurants.

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The Ohio Wine Producers recently released a new wine trail brochure for this region of the state. La Vigna Estate Winery in Higginsport is  part of this wine trail.

A Wine Trail - Ohio River Valley Wine Trail (formerly the Nicholas Longworth Wine Trail)-Southwest Ohio    

Southwest Ohio River Valley Wine Trail (formerly the Nicholas Longworth Heritage Wine Trail) celebrates the rise to prominence of Ohio wines, not once but twice.

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Six squares hung on the cupola in Aberdeen at Browns Motel.
Painted by artist Randi Gish with the Maysville Quilt Trail.
Thank You to Hedgecock Electric of Maysville for hanging the squares.

It is considered the Midwest's Fastest Quarter Mile Dirt Oval with racing every Friday Night consisting of Sunesis Construction Late Models, Mt. Orab Ford UMP Modifieds, U.S. Race Gear Street Stocks and Holman Motors Chevettes on a regular basis. We have various other classes making appearances throughout the year including the Winged Mini Sprints, 360 Sprints, CJ Rayburn’s NASRA Series and many others. http://www.molerracewaypark.com/.

Artist Ken Swinson of Maysville, KY just completed the Quilt Trail Gathering - Celebrating  A Decade print.  The barn that sits on the property of Maxine and Donna Sue Groves with the Snails Trail pattern is at the bottom of the print.  The rest of the barns are a result of Ken’s creative mind. It can be purchased directly from Ken at www.kenswinson.com
 

Nationally Renowned Historian to Speak in Georgetown, Ohio. Ed Bearss (born June 26, 1923), a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II, is a military historian and author known for his work on the American Civil War and World War II eras and is the most popular tour guide of historic battlefields in the US. He served as Chief Historian of the National Park Service from 1981 to 1994. After his retirement in 1995, he received the title Chief Historian Emeritus which he holds to this day. Ed has correctly been called a national treasure by many people in the American historical community. Ed can tell the story of an event or of a historical character like no other. His style is his own, and if Ed Bearss can’t make you believe that history is a living thing, then no one can. Mr. Bearss is coming to Georgetown, Ohio to speak on Saturday, March 17, 2012. The U.S. Grant Homestead is proud to sponsor the event at the Gaslight Theater, 108 East State Street (the SE corner of US 125 & Main St.), at 1:30 PM. Mr. Bearss’ topic will be “Residing Tides: Gettysburg & Vicksburg”.  Civil War period music by Deann Kelley will begin at 1:00 PM for your enjoyment. Admission is $10.00. Mr. Bearss will compare and contrast these two great campaigns of the Civil War that occurred in the same time period but a thousand miles apart. The strategies, tactics, generalship, and importance of their outcomes on the course of the war will be discussed. This is a story that you should hear, and there is no one who can tell it better than Edwin C. Bearss.

Give Donna Sue Groves credit for this tribute to her mother, which began with a painted quilt square on the family farm's barn in Manchester. Now more than twenty barns in Adams County are decorated, each with a different pattern, creating a quilt sampler that honors this Appalachian tradition. Travel on state routes and side roads through five counties to find more of the Pinwheel, Lemoyne Stars, Windmill, Hour Glass and other unique pattern designs. The idea-birthed in Ohio-and now spreading across Appalachia and America-created an unexpected surge to preserve the barns on which the squares are painted, while linking the shared heritage of the region. Download Map  Ohio Clothesline of Quilts Trail created by National Geographic (387.2 kB)