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Ripley

Town in Chautauqua County, west New York; population (1990) 3,000. It is situated on Lake Erie, 45 km/28 mi northwest of Jamestown, on the Pennsylvania state line. Before waiting-period laws were passed, Ripley was the fast-marriage capital of the state. There are vineyards and beaches in this rural community.

Ripley

Small town in Brown County, southwest Ohio; population (1990) 1,800. It is situated on the Ohio River and the Kentucky state border, 68 km/42 mi southeast of Cincinnati. It is a distribution point for tobacco. Corn and hogs are also raised in the area. Ripley is the site of the Rankin House, a station on the Underground Railroad (a network for escaped slaves) that has been turned into a state memorial. After the Civil War a number of freed slaves settled here.
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From Ripley until I came through Pyrford I was in the valley of the Wey, and the red glare was hidden from me.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
We taught ourselves, and may I never forget our earlier rides, through and through Richmond Park when the afternoons were shortest, upon the incomparable Ripley Road when we gave a day to it.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
After leaving you at the station I went for a charming walk through some admirable Surrey scenery to a pretty little village called Ripley, where I had my tea at an inn, and took the precaution of filling my flask and of putting a paper of sandwiches in my pocket.
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