Located in the center of the Historic Hoosier Hills area, Ripley County is home to the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, a Fortune 500 company, a world-class carving shop, the second largest state park in the Indiana park system, and much more. From Batesville in the north to Friendship and Farmers Retreat near the south end of the county, Ripley is a wealth of scenic beauty, history, and agriculture. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's Civil War Raid, the infamous "Hanging Tree" incident in Versailles in 1897, the creation of the Jefferson Proving Ground in 1940 and the loss of tens of thousands of acres of farmland to the "War Department" for a very important munitions testing facility that served the United States through five wars - these are all significant events in Ripley County history.
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