Where the road flattens out was the once infamous and unofficial Fairgrounds Road Quarter Mile, popular since the advent of the American muscle car.  You may even find remnants of ‘ancient’ start and finish lines, allegedly.

The farms between Beaver Valley Road and Trebein Road belonged to Henry Ankeney and John McCracken as well as those by the Steele, Stine, Dice and Shank families and later including the Coslers.

The beautiful 1854 Henry Ankeney farm at 1828 Fairgrounds Road remains in the family and is still actively farmed today.

Very carefully turn left onto Fairgrounds Road.  Once through the sweeping left curve, much of the land on the left is actually Beavercreek Township park land known as Fairgrounds Park.  The creek at the bottom of the hill is known as Ludlow Run and will tend to rise above its banks after the heaviest rainfalls.

The northeastern quarter of the township was primarily larger tracts of land without close proximity to the towns previously described.  Prominent land owners in the area in the 1870’s were the Harner, Holland, LaFong and Koogler families.

Ludlow School #8 was located nearby on the north side of the road adjacent to Ludlow Run creek midway between Linebaugh and Trebein Roads.

Continue up the hill and through the stoplight at Trebein Road.  Many of the nearby homes and barns are in excess of 100 years old and are not only well preserved, but very much still in use today!