FPS staff report
April 14, 2009
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| Twins Maddie (left) and Mackenzie Burgett, 4, and their brother Hayden, tend to a new calf born at the Burgettt Angus Farm, one of the stops on the April 19 Drive-It-Yourself Tour of Carroll County. |
The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will host the 2nd Annual Daffodil Drive-It-Yourself Tour of Carroll County.
The tour will be April 19 with map and trip program pick-up at the Carroll County Fairgrounds from 1-4 p.m. The stops will be open from 1-6 p.m. The Carroll County Fair Barn Fund will be holding a Rigatoni Dinner under the grand stands from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
The self-guided tour will feature 13 stops and many drive-by points of interests, as the 40-mile trip winds its way through Union, Perry and Loudon Townships. The program will include driving directions and information on the stops and over 25 drive-by places of interest.
The Ashton House Museum includes items from Ashton’s history dating back to the early 1800’s as well as historic and nostalgic items from Carrolton and surrounding communities. The Ashton’s were also collectors, so when you tour the museum you will see Hummel, Anri, and Wade figurines, as well as Knowles, Grondahl, Hibel and Bing plates and Haviland dishware. Sports fans will find items from the Kentucky Derby and the Ohio State Buckeyes dating back to the 1940’s.
The Carrollton Farmer’s Exchange, the only cooperative feed mill in the county, will be open and giving tours of the complex. Learn what really happens at a feed mill and see what else they have to offer the public.
Burgett’s Purebred Angus Farm will be the place to see beef and learn more about the beef industry. You will learn about chestnuts and other trees at the Empire Chestnut Company.
See Petersburg Marina on scenic Leesville Lake as it is starting to come alive with activity for the season.
The Algonquin Mill Complex is not only home to the annual fall festival but today will be one of the food stops on the tour. The Mill Complex is owned, operated and preserved by the Carroll County Historical Society (CCHS). Historic buildings from throughout the county have been moved to the mill grounds and set up to resemble an 1800’s village complete with one-room schoolhouse and train station.
Carroll County is home to the most youth camps of any county in the state and the next stop is an example of two of these camps. Camp Muskingum is the state FFA camp and brings campers from all over Ohio. Whereas their neighbor just up the drive, Camp Aldersgate, is owned by the United Methodist Church and a great example of one of the many church camps.
Perrysville Historic Church also owned by CCHS will be open to remind everyone what one of the many old churches in the county looked like. It also still has an original “one-holer” outdoor privy.
Loudon Township Firehouse is the second food stop for the trip. There will also be displays set up for you to learn more about agriculture, natural resources and the county.
Heads or Tales Bison Ranch is the place to see and learn about the once free roaming buffalo. Nancy & Grant Kittle have been raising bison for several years and are glad to be sharing them with the tour. You also will get a chance to look at some of the unique byproducts of buffalo.
Sunny Brook Farm Herbs will be giving tours of their production of many herbal remedies that are made on site and sold all over the country.
The final stop of the day is at the Coal Miner’s Memorial in Amsterdam where you will be able to learn more of the history of the tragic event that led to its construction and reasons for the mass grave.
For more information contact the Convention and Visitors Bureau at 877-727-0103 |
