The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is a fall festival which takes place in nine communities in Parke County, Indiana , United States . It celebrates the county's 31 covered bridges , and is attended by more than 2 million people each year. It begins on the second Friday in October and lasts 10 days.
3-406: Attractions include Fox's Overlook, Boardwalk and Parke Place, waterfall, historic mill, and the beautiful covered bridge. The festival began in 1957, when a group of local women decided to hold a three-day festival to accommodate the many interested tourists looking for information about the bridges. Now the festival is thriving and puts Mansfield on the map 10 days of the year. The first festival
6-470: Is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township , Parke County , in the U.S. state of Indiana . The village was originally named New Dublin by James Kelsey in 1820. Within a couple of years, it was called Dickson's Mills, and then Strain's Mills, before it became known as Mansfield in the 1830s. The village prospered when a roller mill was built by James Kelsey and Francis Dickson in 1820. As
9-481: Was rather small and occurred only in Rockville . 2020 saw no festival. 39°45′43.1″N 87°13′24.5″W / 39.761972°N 87.223472°W / 39.761972; -87.223472 This Indiana -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mansfield, Indiana Mansfield (also called Mansfield Village , Dicksons Mills , Dixons Mills , Dublin or New Dublin )
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