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Original late-20th-century Athens County, Ohio visitors guide brochure titled \"Visitors Guide\" with the tagline \"A Great Adventure is Waiting for You,\" produced by the Athens County Convention & Visitors Bureau to promote travel in southeastern Ohio.
Front cover design features a pale map background overprinted with the circular Athens County Ohio seal reading \"Great Adventures Start Here\" around a globe, a bold horizontal \"Athens\" banner at center, and large titling \"Visitors Guide\" above the slogan \"A Great Adventure is Waiting for You\" and the line \"Athens County Ohio Convention & Visitors Bureau.\"
Rear panel is mostly blank cream stock except for a small imprint line in the lower left corner crediting the Athens County Convention & Visitors Bureau with a mailing address on Richland Avenue and P.O. Box 1019 in Athens, Ohio 45701-1019.
Inside front panels open to the Athens County seal and a table of contents listing sections for Special Events, Art Galleries & Exhibitions, Museums, Higher Education, Historic Sites, Attractions & Tours, Performing Arts, Shopping, Recreation, State Parks, Accommodations, Camp Grounds, and Restaurants, facing an introductory essay about Athens County as a friendly destination in the rolling foothills of southeastern Ohio\'s Hocking Valley, illustrated with a rustic covered bridge vignette.
Subsequent pages present a Special Events section detailing annual happenings such as film festivals, marathons, antique fairs, summer theater, concerts, county fairs, parades, bluegrass and music festivals, and seasonal celebrations held in Athens, Nelsonville, and other communities, under the repeating header \"Great Adventures Start Here.\"
Art Galleries and Exhibitions listings highlight venues including Casa Nueva, Court Street Collection, the Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, and additional local galleries and framing studios, with descriptions of rotating displays of paintings, drawings, sculpture, contemporary American crafts, and juried art exhibitions.
The Museums section summarizes attractions such as the Athens County Historical Society and Museum, the Cannon Ltd cannon company displays, and the Museum of Medicine at Ohio University, while the Higher Education and Historic Sites pages describe Ohio University and Hocking College alongside points of interest like Adena Indian mounds, historic brick kilns, and the Coonskin Library.
Later sections, noted in the table of contents, cover attractions and tours, performing arts organizations, shopping and recreation opportunities, nearby state parks, accommodations and campgrounds, and a directory of restaurants, offering concise descriptions and locations for travelers exploring Athens County towns including Guysville, Murray City, Nelsonville, and The Plains.
Near the back, a color map of Ohio locates Athens County in relation to major cities such as Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, accompanied by a \"Distances to Adventure\" mileage chart and the Athens County signature script logo reinforcing the guide\'s \"Great Adventures Start Here\" theme.
Format and genre: tall, narrow, multi-page stapled visitors guide booklet on cream stock printed primarily in teal green ink with small illustrative vignettes and numbered pages through at least page 16, created as an official tourism publication for Athens County, Ohio.
Audience and use: produced as a free promotional guide for tourists and prospective visitors interested in cultural events, outdoor recreation, dining, lodging, and historic sites in Athens County and the Hocking Valley region, of interest today to collectors of Ohio travel ephemera and regional visitors guides.
Special notes: original Athens County Convention & Visitors Bureau visitors guide brochure only; see photos and condition description for details of this specific copy.
