The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Battle of Corydon, the only Civil War battle in Indiana, occurred on July 9, 1863. The battle included the Union’s Harrison County Home Guard, and 2,400 confederate cavalry commanded by General John Hunt Morgan (known as Morgan’s Raiders). Morgan ultimately went on to win the battle and continue a rampage through Indiana, Ohio and up into Pennsylvania.
The Story Inn has a long history dating back to 1882. It lies at the center of the town of Story, Indiana, which was founded by farmers trying make a living from the marginal soils of the hilly area that is Brown County, Indiana. The town and the inn went through various phases of growth and decline, and the surrounding countryside saw much of its original farming population leave and the land they left behind turned into Indiana’s largest state park.
Black (Pugh’s Mill) Covered Bridge near Oxford, Ohio. The bridge was originally built n 1868 to provide access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile (Talawanda) Creek. The bridge unlike many covered bridges, remains in its original location, and was restored by the city of Oxford, in 2000. The bridge incorporate two wooden truss designs, the Childs and Long Truss styles. It is one of the longest and tallest covered bridges in Ohio.