National Geographic will bring visitors to Pike County

The National Geographic Society embarked upon a project to create an Appalachian Driving Trails Map. This map would feature trails from each of the thirteen states within the Appalachian Mountain range encompassing regions from New York to Mississippi.Two of these trails are the Appalachian Adventure Trail in Pike, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton and Athens counties (a pilot project initiated by the ARC), and the Clothesline of Quilts Trail (see Pike's Patches Quilt Barn Trail) in southern Ohio that has already garnered national attention. For more information, see the [ Press Release ].

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Last Civil War Veteran of Pike County Honored

The Sergeant Richard Enderlin Camp #73, Ohio Department, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), honored Mr. Samuel Ake Shattuck on the 3rd of October 2009, as Pike County's Last Union Soldier of the Civil War. Please read the summary article with pictures of the ceremony.

National Geographic Society (NGS) Driving Trails

The NGS has created four driving trails in Ohio. They include:

• Ohio River Scenic Byways
• National Road Scenic Biway
• Ohio's Appalachian Adventure Trail
• Ohio Clothesline of Quilts