Day 37 - Sunday, June 17th - Richmond, IN to Marysville, OH
Distance: 104.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 2182 ft. or 20.8 ft./mile
With today’s ride we crossed the 2500 mile mark leaving us just 863 miles to get to the Atlantic Ocean. By the time we get to Erie on Wednesday we will be just 581 miles away.
While the state line was only half a mile due east of our hotel on US-40 and today’s route was generally northeast we actually headed west for a half a mile to get on Gravel Pit Road heading north and a little over a mile later we turned right (east) on IN-121, a sleepy two-lane road. Another mile and a half we cross into Ohio and at mile 4 we entered New Paris, a village of 1600 people founded in 1817 and named after Paris, Kentucky, the home of some of the original settlers. In the early days rich deposits of limestone made mining and lime manufacturing major industries.
We continued north and northeast out of New Paris and at mile 14 we were in New Madison, a village of about 900. Zadock Smith platted the village in 1817 for purposes of land speculation, but he failed and sold the land to Ernestus Putnam who re-platted the village and began selling lots in 1831. The village was named after James Madison, the fourth president of the US.
At mile 26 we turned north for six miles and then turned east once again. At 35 we reached the southern border of Gettysburg, a village of just over 500 people, founded by settlers from Adams County, PA in 1820 where THE Gettysburg is located.
At mile 43 we reachee our first SAG stop in the parking lot of the Covington Municipal Building who were nice enough to come in on a Sunday and open up the building so we could use the restrooms. Covington is a village of nearly 2600 and platted in 1816, and incorporated in 1835 on the site of the 1793 Fort Rowdy, a fort built by General Mad Anthony Wayne during the Northwest Indian War.
We turned right (east) on US 36 in the center of St Paris a bit past the 67 mile mark and 12- miles later we are in the center of Urbana, a city of nearly 12,000 and the county seat of Champaign County. We come to our second SAG stop in the parking lot of a Taco Bell at mile 80. The city was laid out in 1805 and was the headquarters of the Northwestern Army during the War of 1812. It is unclear where the name Urbana came from. The most common possibility stems from the city founders following an old Roman custom of dividing the plebian class into two other classes: Plebs Rustica and Plebs Urbana. Plebs Rustica lived in rural areas and were farmers while Plebs Urbana lived in villages and were mechanics and artisans.
Wooster is the county seat for Wayne County and a city of 26,000, Established in 1808 it is named after David Wooster, an American General who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
While the state line was only half a mile due east of our hotel on US-40 and today’s route was generally northeast we actually headed west for a half a mile to get on Gravel Pit Road heading north and a little over a mile later we turned right (east) on IN-121, a sleepy two-lane road. Another mile and a half we cross into Ohio and at mile 4 we entered New Paris, a village of 1600 people founded in 1817 and named after Paris, Kentucky, the home of some of the original settlers. In the early days rich deposits of limestone made mining and lime manufacturing major industries.
We continued north and northeast out of New Paris and at mile 14 we were in New Madison, a village of about 900. Zadock Smith platted the village in 1817 for purposes of land speculation, but he failed and sold the land to Ernestus Putnam who re-platted the village and began selling lots in 1831. The village was named after James Madison, the fourth president of the US.
At mile 26 we turned north for six miles and then turned east once again. At 35 we reached the southern border of Gettysburg, a village of just over 500 people, founded by settlers from Adams County, PA in 1820 where THE Gettysburg is located.
At mile 43 we reachee our first SAG stop in the parking lot of the Covington Municipal Building who were nice enough to come in on a Sunday and open up the building so we could use the restrooms. Covington is a village of nearly 2600 and platted in 1816, and incorporated in 1835 on the site of the 1793 Fort Rowdy, a fort built by General Mad Anthony Wayne during the Northwest Indian War.
Church parking lot.
We continued another 24 miles through Ohio farmland and we reach St Paris, a village of about 2100. The first white settlers arrived in 1797 and the village was founded in 1831 by David Huffman who named it New Paris after Paris, France. He changed it to St Paris after learning that another town in Ohio already had the name.
We turned right (east) on US 36 in the center of St Paris a bit past the 67 mile mark and 12- miles later we are in the center of Urbana, a city of nearly 12,000 and the county seat of Champaign County. We come to our second SAG stop in the parking lot of a Taco Bell at mile 80. The city was laid out in 1805 and was the headquarters of the Northwestern Army during the War of 1812. It is unclear where the name Urbana came from. The most common possibility stems from the city founders following an old Roman custom of dividing the plebian class into two other classes: Plebs Rustica and Plebs Urbana. Plebs Rustica lived in rural areas and were farmers while Plebs Urbana lived in villages and were mechanics and artisans.
After Urbana it is back to the tour of Ohio farms for the next 20 miles and at the 100-mile mark we reached the border of Marysville about 5 miles from our hotel for the night.
Sneak Peek At Tomorrow
98 miles to Wooster OH with nearly 4500 feet of climbing to the northeast. This will be the toughest day of riding before we reach Erie.
Wooster is the county seat for Wayne County and a city of 26,000, Established in 1808 it is named after David Wooster, an American General who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
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