Ripley: Noun; A small rivertown community located on the banks of the Ohio River. Ripley Ohio got it's start when Colonel James Poage came to Ohio from Staunton, Virgina to claim his 1000 acre land grant. That he recevied for his service in the military. Originally he named the town Staunton and him and his family laid out the town in 1812. But by 1816 he renamed the town becuase there was another town named Stauton in Ohio. He renamed the town Ripley in honor of General Eleazar Wheelock Ripley who was in the War of 1812. The proximity of the river and of the slave state of Kentucky on the opposite shore led to Ripley's role as an early stop on the Underground railroad, a network of citizens sympathetic to slaves escaping north to freedom. A number of prominent abolitionists lived in the town in the 1800s, mainly on Front Street near the river, including John Rankin, former slave John Parker, Thomas McCague, Thomas Collins and Dr. Alexander Campbell.
Ripley has since seen it's share of ups and downs. In the mid 1900's(1940-1969)Ripley had at one time 21 bars. Now Ripley's Night Life consists of 5 main bars that are year round...19th Main, Snappers, The Meeting Place, The Riveara, and Town and Country by the high school. It has a Boat Club that during the summer months also has a bar and resturant. Grocery stores Ripley has one...Jubilee which was formerly Clydes SuperValue. It also host a Farmers Market on the corner of Main and Second Streets. This building used to be a clothing store back in the 1960' and up until the earlie 2000's was an antique store.
Ripley at one time had a lumber yard, a rail road going through town, several grocery stores like Krogers and several butcher shops. It also at one time had a nice Hotel called the Bodemer Hotel, that now the building sits empty. A phantom of it's former glory. Also during Ripley's history they had a movie theater and a swimming pool. The movie theater is now a laundry mat(constructed after the theater burned down).
Ripley even has it's own festival...The Ohio Tobacco Festival. Held usually the second to last weekend in August. Tobacco at one time was Ripley's main cash crop. Now since the buyouts farmers aren't making what they used to cause they have one set contracted price vs. a price that was determined by what it was auctioned off at during auction. So the tobacco warehouse are now used as an auction house, a flea market and general storage.
Ripley isn't short on stories...or ghosts and cemetaries.
Ripley has since seen it's share of ups and downs. In the mid 1900's(1940-1969)Ripley had at one time 21 bars. Now Ripley's Night Life consists of 5 main bars that are year round...19th Main, Snappers, The Meeting Place, The Riveara, and Town and Country by the high school. It has a Boat Club that during the summer months also has a bar and resturant. Grocery stores Ripley has one...Jubilee which was formerly Clydes SuperValue. It also host a Farmers Market on the corner of Main and Second Streets. This building used to be a clothing store back in the 1960' and up until the earlie 2000's was an antique store.
Ripley at one time had a lumber yard, a rail road going through town, several grocery stores like Krogers and several butcher shops. It also at one time had a nice Hotel called the Bodemer Hotel, that now the building sits empty. A phantom of it's former glory. Also during Ripley's history they had a movie theater and a swimming pool. The movie theater is now a laundry mat(constructed after the theater burned down).
Ripley even has it's own festival...The Ohio Tobacco Festival. Held usually the second to last weekend in August. Tobacco at one time was Ripley's main cash crop. Now since the buyouts farmers aren't making what they used to cause they have one set contracted price vs. a price that was determined by what it was auctioned off at during auction. So the tobacco warehouse are now used as an auction house, a flea market and general storage.
Ripley isn't short on stories...or ghosts and cemetaries.
by lucky1313 March 1, 2009
Get the Ripleymug. you are being such a ripley, lol ill stop being a ripley lol epic dab epic gamer moment, lets get this vic roy
by Jay_Z1 March 18, 2019
Get the Ripleymug. The longer an event of negative impact occurs, the higher the probability of somebody suggesting we nuke it to try and solve it.
Guy 1: Maybe we should nuke the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
Guy 2: Dammit, I just got Ripley's Law'd!
Guy 2: Dammit, I just got Ripley's Law'd!
by Identity4 June 3, 2010
Get the Ripley's Lawmug. Guy Ripley, the alter ego of Cobra Starship's Ryland Blackington, is a reporter for BBC World News. Ripley is known for asking the most interesting questions and for having an enormous crush on Victoria Asher of Cobra Starship and William Beckett of The Academy Is... Guy is often referred to as 'The Queen of Fangirls.' His catch phrase is Delicious and has openly voiced his opinion that Ryland Blackinton is a better guitar player than Michal Guy Chislett of The Academy Is... . Ripley has his own mini series on TAI TV called "Guy Ripley's True Things." He can be spotted in random places, from The Honda Civic Tour, to Leeds, UK, to The VMA's. He is especially fond of William Beckett and frequently asks William to sign his shoe. Guy was touched and excited when William patted his shoulder at the 2007 VMAs without having to ask him to do so.
by Santi__ December 6, 2007
Get the Guy Ripleymug. The best looking reporter at the BBC. He has friends in high places and the best taste in women, if he could only pluck up the courage to ask Victoria (Cobra Starship) out on a date.
He's delicious.
He's delicious.
by kirstee November 26, 2007
Get the Guy Ripleymug. From the storyline "The Talented Mr. Ripley". When someone you've been close with becomes obsessed with your talents and personality traits, then all of a sudden pretends you never existed and imitates them as their own.
We were so close and then I never heard from her again. It was like I never existed. Then she had all of these new interests, activities and changes to her personality on her facebook that were identical to mine. She totally "Mr. Ripleyed" me!
by Sickeningly Sweet December 21, 2010
Get the Mr. Ripleyedmug. After clash at the castle 2022 Rhea ripley created one of the biggest heel turns of the year by getting dominik mysterio to join the judgement day and attack both Edge and his father Rey mysterio
by Killkou September 8, 2022
Get the Rhea ripleymug.