Home of the Annual Gretna Green Festival - Aberdeen, OH
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silverquill
N 38° 39.084 W 083° 45.043
17S E 260625 N 4281683
Quick Description: Aberdeen, on the north bank of the Ohio River, was established at a ferry site at the end of the Zane Trace. The annual Gretna Green Festival celebrates Aberdeen’s Scottish connection with food, games, bagpipes, and other entertainment.
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/9/2009 9:53:44 PM
Waymark Code: WM7MMA
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Long Description:From the Brown County Chamber of Commerce
("http://www.browncountyohiochamber.com/resource_guide_his.html"
target="_blank">visit link)
In the spring of 1795, Captain Nathan Ellis and his five
brothers, looking for homes in the Northwest Territory, landed
their flatboat at a settlement known as Limestone (later Maysville,
KY) on the south shore of the Ohio River. The following year,
Captain Ellis moved across the river where he built a home, a
tavern, and a ferry service. The settlement on the north shore was
known as Ellis’ Landing until 1816 when it was surveyed and renamed
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen’s Gretna Green Festival commemorates Squires John
Shelton and Massie Beasley who, like the magistrates of Gretna
Green, Scotland, performed instant marriages without the formality
of a license, and often without the consent of parents. The annual
Gretna Green Festival celebrates Aberdeen’s Scottish connection
with food, games, bagpipes, and other entertainment.