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	Ohio River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at Cairo, Illinois.
		Because of its role as the southern border of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the Ohio River is famous as a large part of the border that divided free states and slave states in the years before the Civil War.
		Wherever the river serves as a boundary between states—Illinois, Indiana and Ohio on the north, and Kentucky and West Virginia on the south, the river essentially belongs to the two states on the south that were divided from Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ohio_River (1692 words)

	Ripley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, (1782-1839), graduate of Dartmouth College and officer in the War of 1812.
		Thomas Ripley, is a fictional character in several books by Patricia Highsmith (the "Ripliad"), as well as in several film adaptations of them.
		The Ripley are fictional parasitic alien macro viruses in the Stephen King novel and film Dreamcatcher.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ripley (197 words)

	Underground Railroad
		Although Ohio was a free state, early federal laws allowed for the legal capture of escaped slaves from free territory and imposed a penalty of $500 on any person who hindered arrest of, harbored or concealed a fugitive slave.
		Although many of the landmarks of the Underground Railroad in Ohio are gone or their significance forgotten, time and progress can't erase the example set by this incredible bond of community, however brief, among those in desperate need and those who assisted them.
		This chapter in Ohio history is one worth studying and passing along, for it shows how each individual decision to take a risk and do the "right thing" for oneself or for someone else lays down tracks that link together for everyone's ride on the great train of freedom.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /parks/explore/magazine/sprsum96/UNDERGRR.htm (1511 words)

	A Fest for Tobacco?
		RIPLEY - Tobacco strikes an emotional chord with Bill Fauth, 59, a tobacco farmer in Ripley, a tiny Ohio River village practically built on the crop.
		Ripley - a village of 1,700 people about 50 miles east of Cincinnati on U.S. 52 - is in Brown County, which produces the most tobacco in Ohio.
		Ohio's portion of the tobacco settlement was $10.1 billion, promised over 26 years.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/08/26/loc_loc4asmoke.html (1030 words)

	Ripley Florist \| Flower Delivery Ripley, Ohio (OH) \| Florists in Ripley
		The population of Ripley is approximately 1,816 (1990).
		Ripley is positioned 38.73 degrees north of the equator and 83.84 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		Our Ripley, Ohio florist directory is provided through a strategic partnership with Regional Direct.com, which has established partnerships with the most reliable, customer service-driven area Ripley florist and florists in Ohio, including Ripley, Ohio.
	www.albanywebsites.com /ex/asp/city.Ripley-Ohio-Florist-OH/CityId.22394/xe/florists-flower-delivery.htm (262 words)

	Ripley Ohio : Freedoms Landing
		Ripley, Ohio is a 55-acre National Historic District on the Ohio River Scenic Byway in southwest Ohio, east of Cincinnati, a bridge or ferry away from Kentucky Bluegrass country, all part of the Ohio River Valley.
		Ripley gained a reputation throughout the United States for its strong beliefs in the abolition of slavery, and many of its citizens were active in the Underground Railroad movement.
		Oprah Winfrey visited Ripley to film her part of the narrator for the special film (click here for shots of the filming) that is being made about the Underground Railroad.
	www.ripleyohio.net (788 words)

	Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School - Ripley, Ohio / OH - school information
		The Ohio Achievement Test is a standards-based test, which means that it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Ohio.
		The different student groups are identified by the Ohio Department of Education; if there are a small number of students in a particular group in a school, the state may not report data for that group.
		The different student groups are identified by the Ohio Department of Education; if there are a small number of students in a particular group in a school, the state does not report data for that group.
	www.greatschools.net /modperl/achievement/oh/2030 (888 words)

	The Cincinnati Post
		Ripley, Ohio, once dependent on the tobacco trade, is turning to tourism as it struggles to avoid becoming a casualty of the downturn in the tobacco industry.
		Ripley, and other Ohio River towns, expect to benefit after the summer of 2004 when the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center opens in downtown Cincinnati.
		Ripley is already doing some of that, said Myron Wolff, a Cincinnati resident who for about a year has been the CEO of Ripley National Bank.
	www.cincypost.com /2002/12/05/ripley120502.html (573 words)

	Find a Home - Property Listing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One block from the Ohio River and docking facilities.
		Ripley is a tourist area for recreation & is also the site of Eliza's crossing of the Ohio River in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Ripley is rich in Underground Railroad history and boasts a Carnegie Library.
		Ripley is located 1 hour east of downtown Cincinnati.
	www.historicproperties.com /detail.asp?detail_key=ncrip002 (184 words)

	Cincinnati is a Heritage City
		Ripley, located on the Ohio River, became the point of entry to Ohio for hundreds of fugitive slaves during the years before emancipation.
		They were helped on their way by some of Ripley’s leading citizens, who secretly cooperated in the illegal activities of aiding and hiding the slaves on their way to freedom.
		His house situated high on a hill overlooking the town of Ripley and the Ohio River, was a stopping point for slaves who crossed the river from the slave holding state of Kentucky into the free state of Ohio.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/Issue64/64Z-cincinnati.htm (1428 words)

	Travel: Visiting America's paths to freedom
		The border between Ohio and Kentucky was a contested place, with the Ohio River marking the boundary where slaveholding stopped, at Kentucky's side of the river, and freedom began.
		Across the river in Ohio, Betty Campbell can relate the long history of Ripley: She is a trustee of both the John P. Parker House and the Ripley Heritage organization.
		Many of the early settlers in Ripley were slaveholders from Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee who, in a change of heart, freed their slaves.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/02/09/Travel/Visiting_America_s_pa.shtml (1676 words)

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		Throughout the first half of the 1800s, Ripley was a hotbed of Abolitionist activity, and home to two towering figures in the anti-slavery movement: John Rankin and John Parker - a white Abolitionist and a fl one.
		The Ohio was the border between the North and the South, and Ripley was a natural goal for escaping slaves.
		Ripley native Miriam Zackman, 80, grew up hearing harrowing stories of river crossings, including one about a woman who turned up one winter night with a baby in her arms.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ew/3EF37588-FB4F-49EB-9917AD62774041DE.html (1030 words)

	Rankin, John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Slavery was illegal in Ohio, although many whites still opposed the ending of slavery.
		While slavery was illegal in Ohio, the United States Constitution and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 permitted slaveowners to reclaim their runaway slaves, even if the African Americans now resided in a free state.
		Rankin's home was the first stop in Ohio for Eliza, one of the book's main characters, as she sought freedom in the North.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=319 (485 words)

	Ripley, Ohio
		Ripley, Ohio, in Brown county, is 43 miles SE of Cincinnati, Ohio and 95 miles SW of Columbus, Ohio.
		Approximately 65% of housing in Ripley is owner-occupied.
		Ripley is known in Ohio for having lower rents than most places.
	www.citytowninfo.com /places/ohio/ripley (335 words)

	Ripley, Ohio: Crossroads of the Underground Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The village of Ripley was founded in 1812 by Colonel James Poage.
		The name of the village was changed to Ripley in 1816 to honor General Eleazar Wheelock Ripley, an American commander in the War of 1812.
		Ripley, a community rich in history, holds a number of prominent residential and commercial buildings which still exist that were once owned by anti-slavery men and women who worked as conductors on the Underground Railroad.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/the_underground_railroad/107684 (424 words)

	Stamm Families OH KY - Part 1 of 10
		Elizabeth (Lizzie) Stamm born at Sardinia, Ohio, on 26 March 1853, died at Ripley, Ohio on 28 November 1886, buried at Ripley.
		William Sherman Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 27 November 1861, died at Cadiz, Ohio, buried at Cadiz.
		Catherine (Kate) Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 8 June 1866, died at Anderson, Indiana, on 29 August 1953, buried in East Maplewood Cemetery.
	members.aol.com /seanbarry/Stamm01.html (3375 words)

	Teacher Resources - Collection - African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
		The Ripley Anti Slavery Society in Ripley, Ohio was one of many organizations dedicated to "the entire abolition of Slavery in the United States." The
		Ripley Anti Slavery Society’s Constitution details the group’s plan "to convince their fellow citicens that slaveholding is a henious sin in the sight of God," (
		Many slaves crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky into the free states of Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, to escape from the bonds of slavery.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/ndlpedu/collections/aaohio/history.html (2677 words)

	Ripley USA
		In 1816 the name of the village was changed to Ripley in honor of Brigadier General Eleazar Ripley, a veteran of the War of 1812.
		Ripley soon earned a reputation as a major Ohio River port and in the early years was second only to Cincinnati in the pork packing business.
		The church was a station on the Underground Railroad and the cemetery is the burial site of Rosa Washington Riles, known for her portrayal of ³Aunt Jemima² in national advertising for Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix.
	www.eworldportal.com /ripley/pages/history.htm (397 words)

	The Ledger Independent - Maysville, Kentucky
		RIPLEY, Ohio -- Miriam Stivers Zachman, age 82, of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.
		Zachman was born Nov. 1, 1923, in Ripley, the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Eliese (Bambach) Stivers.
		She was a charter member of the Ripley Woman's Club which was organized in 1947, a charter member of Ripley's American Legion Post No. 367 Auxiliary and an active member on the Ripley Lt. Byrd Chapter of the DAR, She was a lifelong and active member of the Centenary United Methodist Church in Ripley.
	www.maysville-online.com /articles/2006/03/13/obituaries/554zach.txt (4958 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2002070645 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Here in the river towns of Ohio and Kentucky, abolitionists and slave chasers confronted each other during the "war before the war." Slave masters and bounty hunters chased runaway slaves from Kentucky into Ohio, hoping to catch their quarry before the slaves disappeared on the underground path to freedom.
		Another celebrated conductor on the Ripley line, John Parker, a former slave himself, was regarded as the most daring of the Ohio abolitionists.
		Ripley's historic area is little changed from antebellum days, and Rankin's house still stands high on the hill behind the town.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/simon034/2002070645.html (496 words)

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		Ohio Valley Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, three miles North of historic Ripley, Ohio on U.S. 68, offers only the highest quality healthcare provided by caring and dedicated professionals.
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	www.ohiovalleymanor.com (388 words)

	Stamm Families OH KY - Part 5 of 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was born at Ripley, Ohio, on 30 September 1875.
		Martha Elizabeth Long born in Ripley, Ohio, on 12 October 1902, died 1 February 1953 at Kansas City, Kansas, buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.
		She was born at Basil, Ohio, on 15 March 1912.
	members.aol.com /seanbarry/Stamm05.html (1477 words)

	Ripley's Rankin Home: Pastoral Outlook for Fugitives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This house served as a "station" in the Underground Railroad in Ripley.
		In 1822 Rankin and his wife, Jean, moved their growing family across the Ohio River to Ripley in the free state of Ohio and began his 44 year ministry of Ripley's Presbyterian church.
		Rankin helped organize the Ripley Anti-Slavery Society as well as teaching, preaching, writing and traveling to inform many people of the evils of slavery and why it must be abolished.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/the_underground_railroad/107685 (485 words)

	Daphne Dispatch
		One of the most famous operators was John Rankin from Ripley, Ohio (the same man who hid Tice Davids from his owner).
		Ripley, in her opinion, is a nice and peaceful town.
		They both told me that the fl community in Ripley is fairly small consisting of less than 200 people out of about 1,800, and that it keeps to itself.
	www.ustrek.org /odyssey/semester1/120600/120600daphrailroad.html (1198 words)

	SWest
		The Quaker influence in the area, and geography (the Springboro area is located between the Miami Rivers, 38 miles north of the Ohio River) contributed to its heavy Underground Railroad involvement.
		The dedication was held on October 17, 1999 as part of the 4th Annual Ohio Underground Railroad Summit.
		Enriching the antislavery sentiments of the local community was Achilles Pugh, who for years published a famous national abolitionist paper, "The Philanthropist." In Springboro, despite constant scrutiny and harassment from bounty hunts and law officers, no runaways were ever captured or returned while under the protection of the Springboro area.
	www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org /s_west.htm (941 words)

	Waterblogged - Cruising to Ripley, Ohio
		We always like to direct your attention to new docks and marinas along the Ohio River, thus we are pleased to refer you to Jeremy Parnell's Maysville Kentucky Blog's report on Ripley,Ohio, and, if you're like us, you'll be inclined to stay and browse awhile.
		Many of the charming things about nearby Ripley Ohio comes from it being a river town, so naturally they've paid some attention to their boat ramp in recent years.
		The Ohio River has a bounty of treasure along it's shorelines and Waterblogged is where we discover the people and towns and marinas and harbors and industry that make our region sing and provide Ohio River boaters with hundreds of destinations and activities.
	www.ohioboating.net /index.php/2006/02/09/cruising_to_ripley_ohio (329 words)

	Ohio
		Once the slaves were in Ripley, Parker would deliver them to Underground Railroad conductors in the town, such as John Rankin, who would harbor the fugitive slaves and help them to the next depot on the network.
		The historic village of Mount Pleasant was established in 1803 by Robert Carothers, an Irishman from Virginia, and Jesse Thomas, a Quaker from North Carolina, and is important for the role it played in the antislavery movement and the Underground Railroad.
		The son of a local jeweler who arrived in Ohio around 1815, Sloane started studying law at the age of 17 and was admitted to the bar in 1849.
	www.ratrun.com /ohio.htm (2795 words)

	The Ledger Independent - Maysville, Kentucky
		Karla M. Korber a 2002 graduate of Ripley Union Lewis Huntington High School graduated from Wright State University on June 10 with a bachelors degree in communication (Cum Laude).
		Karla and her parents, William and Joan Korber are former residents of Aberdeen, Ohio.
		The inaugural Limestone Mid-Summer Championships concluded Sunday at the Maysville-Mason County Recreational Park and the event was a rousing success, according to Limestone YMCA Aquatics Director Diana Mokler.
	www.maysville-online.com /ripley_ohio/front (342 words)

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