CCBQT #26 Indian Trail Traditional Cache
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The Clinton County Visitors and Convention Bureau has established a geotrail featuring over 30 of the 54 barn quilts in Clinton County. The Clinton County Bicentennial Barn Quilt Trail has a total of 54 barn quilt patterns located throughout Clinton County. Many thanks to the landowners and groups within Clinton County that have donated time and material to create the beautiful patterns for all to enjoy.
Please be respectful of each barn quilt location and the property owners. Some of the locations may have designated parking due to farming and/or other considerations.
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The 26th quilt in the Quilt Trail series is “Indian Trail,” on the farm of Dennis and Barbara Atley, of 3705 Gillimore Road in Sabina. The quilt can also be seen from Interstate 71.
The Atley family first settled in Clinton County in 1861, and family members have been active in the farming community ever since. The Atley home was established in 1884 at 4703 Starbuck Road and was recently designated an Ohio Century Farm by both the Clinton County Farm Bureau and the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The “farm on the hill,” at 3705 Gillimore Road has been home to Dennis and Barbara for 32 years. This farm is within a three-mile radius of four other major Indian trail that have been identified in Clinton County, which include the Anderson, the Logan, the Pickawillany, and the Simon Kenton. The Atleys chose the “Indian Trail” quilt “to honor the importance of the aboriginal influence in the settling of our county.”
Anderson Trail passed through Wilmington and exited on what later became known at “prairie pike.” This trail continued northwest through Starbucktown and south of Bloomington, which lies a mile and a half from the Atley farm. Logan trail moved past where Martinsville would later be settled and continued on four miles east of the site of Wilmington to Starbucktown, where a historical marker denotes the site as “Deserted Camp.” The trail continued on to Bloomington. The Simon Kenton Trail would become State Route 72. According to information from the state historical library, the Pickawillany Trail, which passed near Port William, was the most traveled Indian trail in Clinton County and was the only “national route” of the Native Americans through the lower Virginia Military District.
The “Indian Trail” quilt is sponsored by the Clinton County Visitor’s Bureau.
Here are the remaining barn quilt caches in this series:
CCBQT #1 Crossing Ohio
CCBQT #3 Rebecca’s Freedom Lily
CCBQT #4 Maple Leaf
CCBQT #10 Star of the Night
CCBQT #11 Rose of Sharon
CCBQT #12 54-40 or Fight
CCBQT #13 Berry Basket
CCBQT #16 Log Cabin
CCBQT #17 Beautiful Star
CCBQT #22 Sunbonnet Sue
CCBQT #25 Corn & Beans
CCBQT #26 Indian Trail
CCBQT #28 Grandmother’s Fan
CCBQT #30 Next Door Neighbor
CCBQT #31 College Hall
CCBQT #33 Ohio Star
CCBQT #35 Pathways
CCBQT #41 Carpenter’s Wheel
CCBQT #44 Old Spanish Tile
CCBQT #47 Weaving Paths
CCBQT #49 Crocus
CCBQT #51 Grandma’s Nine Patch
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