Jul 9, 2021
Ohio’s latest scenic byway has been launched in southwest Ohio.
The Quaker Heritage Scenic Byway includes the major sites of Ohio Quaker settlements in Wilmington and Waynesville. Travelers along the byway will find Quaker historical societies, the Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College, the Clinton County Historical Society, the Museum at the Friends Home, the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, as well as current and historical Quaker meetinghouses. The byway also includes historical points of interest with ties to the Quaker heritage of the area like the first school for free African Americans in Harveysburg.
The 54-mile long byway seeks to foster a new awareness of cultural and historical diversity in rural southwest Ohio with stops along the way telling the story of Quakers who migrated to the region from the late 18th to the late 20th centuries.