Along Todds Fork is an organic farm run by a Quaker family. They sell to the local market, and have (in season) organic produce and flowers in a small, cooled market house. There are fields and high hoops on both sides of the river. Stop and shop!

The Meetinghouse: Springfield Friends arrived in 1806-10 in large family and Meeting groups, mostly from North Carolina, with others from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and a few came from New York. The extended Harvey/Hale/Hadley family, of five…

The Bullskin Trace was an ancient buffalo trail through Ohio to the salt licks in Kentucky. It began at the mouth of the Bullskin Creek at the Ohio River in SE Clermont County and went all the way to Detroit. It was used by animals, by the Indians,…

As you continue on Lebanon Road, at the top of a glacial moraine hill that sits above Little Creek, there is a closed driveway back a long lane where you can barely see a house. This is 1848 house built by settler Caleb Harvey for his family, and it…

Eli Harvey (1803-1872) came as a child with his family and the six other Harvey families from North Carolina in 1806-1807. He married Sarah Fallis in 1824, bought part of his father's land, and established his household on the newly laid out…

In 1871 James Hadley (1846-1917) built a new house on Lebanon Road for his wife Isabelle Moore Hadley and their young family. It was white with tall green shutters and scrollwork on the porches and under the eaves. Inside was a parlor and a music…

The Wilmington-Lebanon Pike was laid out in 1810 when Clinton County was formed from parts of Warren and Highland Counties, in order to connect the new Clinton County seat of Wilmington to the old Warren County seat of Lebanon. While the earliest…

The extended Harlan family was among the earliest Quaker settlers in this region and they were among the founders of Springfield Meeting and Lytle Creek Meeting. They came with their widowed mother Edith Carter Harlan (1749-1830) from Rowan County…

Many of the preserved or relocated log buildings were built by early Quaker settlers in the Waynesville area. Caesars Creek Friends Meeting was established in 1805. This Meeting House was built in 1849 on a bluff on the west bank of the Caesar's…

The Caesars Creek Spillway offers a good opportunity to enjoy the interesting geology of the region, and to look for fossils (please follow the rules and obtain a permit first at the Visitors Center). The largest trilobite (Isotelus) on display at…

Caesar Creek State Park offers a large lake with beaches and boat docks, plus trails, campsites, picnic grounds and playgrounds. The Visitors Center offers an interesting museum — spend some time to learn about the natural history of the area. Take…

Waynesville retains many of its 19th century buildings and its small-town flavor. Main Street is lined with antique shops, specialty shops, restaurants and cafes. This is a great place to stop for lunch, tea, or a snack.

In 1972 Quaker Heights Nursing Home was opened by local Quakers as the first nursing home in Warren County. It has since been enlarged. An Assisted Living facility, Memory Care, a Rehab Unit, and other specialty areas have been added. It is…

When the State of Ohio established a public school system in 1855, in most cases the Quakers gave over their schools to the public system.

The Burial Ground was established in 1804 and contains the graves of many of the earliest Quaker pioneers in the area. In the early days Quakers did not use gravestones, so there are many unmarked graves. After 1828, due to the Orthodox-Hicksite…