The Tyson United Methodist Church of Versailles, Indiana.

Indiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge & After Splash Bash
Sat, Feb 11 10am The 2012 Freezin' for a Reason Indiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge and After Splash Bash will take place 10 am to 4:30 pm, at Versailles State Park. Polar Climb Run/Walk begins at 11 am. Registration 10 am to 10:45 am. Raise a minimum $35 in pledges to walk/run. Plunge starts at 2 pm. Raise a minimum of $75 to plunge, or just watch the fun! Huge heated festival tent. Live music and entertainment, local vendor booths, food court, face painting, games, and more! Contact Greg Townsend for more information, (812) 584-6861 or g.townsend@soindiana-rod.org, register at www.soindiana.org.
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    HISTORY

    Rich in history that saw the Miami, Delaware, Potawatomi, and Shawnee Indians hunting the area, Ripley County became a part of the State of Indiana after a proposal in 1816 that a new county be formed. This county was named for General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a hero of the War of 1812.

    On January 7, 1818, by an act of the General Assembly, John DePauw from Washington County, Charles Beggs of Franklin County, and W.H. Eades of Jennings County, were appointed to select a site for the new county seat. Earning three dollars a day for this task, the first three Commissioners settled on a hundred acre tract donated by John Paul of Madison (Jefferson County). The county seat was named Versailles in honor of DePauw’s native city in France and was laid out as a town of 186 lots by John Ritchie.

    Ripley County, located in the southeastern part of Indiana, has 450 square miles or 288,000 acres. It is 27 miles north to south and 19 miles east to west with an elevation ranging from 600 feet to 100 feet above sea level. Laughery Creek, named for Colonel Archibold Lochry who fought in the Revolutionary War, flows through the county.



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