Covered Bridge Poker Run

On Sunday September 2 The Preble County Historical Society will host their Covered Bridge Poker Run, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Poker hands are only .00 per player entry fee; entry fee includes a Preble County Covered Bridge Magnet. Prizes will be awarded to the best five hands at 5:00 PM. The Historical Center is located at 7693 Swartsel Road, Eaton, Ohio (off St. Rt. 122, 8 miles SE of Eaton, 1 mile NW of Gratis). Watch for signs. Admission is only $1.00, Society members and children 12 and under are admitted Free! Call 937-787-4256 for additional information.
Volunteers at the county's 7 covered bridges give players a luck-of-the draw card. Visits to only 5 of the 7 bridges is necessary but if visiting all 7 bridges, only the best 5 of 7 seven cards drawn are used for the poker hand. The sev-en covered bridges remaining in Preble County are unique in many ways. Roberts Double Barrel is the oldest covered bridge remaining in Ohio, second oldest in the U.S. and also the oldest of the nation's six re-maining double-barrel bridges. On September 2nd, all participants will have the rare opportunity to drive across the Robert Dou-ble Barrel Bridge.
Additional information re-garding past and present Preble County covered bridges can be found in the Society's publication "Covered Bridges of Preble County, Ohio". Musical entertainment will be provided at the Historical Center, the lunch stand will also be open, as well as the Sayler-Swartsel House, 1813 Lewisburg Log House, Bank Barn, Exhib-it Hall, General Store, and hiking trails. New artifacts recently accepted by the Society's acquisitions committee will also be on display.