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Come Experience The Farm Connection

You probably aren’t expecting to see a cattle drive in Clay County, Ind, but each March the Yegerlehners, owners of The Farm Connection in Clay City, gather friends and family to help drive their herd of cattle from their winter pasture to their summer grazing fields. Some 60 friends and family line up on each side of the cattle being led by tractor, and drive them some three miles down field and road in an Indiana-styled cattle drive. It takes about an hour and then the “cattle drivers” get to eat delicious Farm Connection grass-fed and grass-finished beef burgers, pastured pork burgers, fresh cheeses, homemade sausage and much more as a thank you!

Clay City Pottery - Traditional Stoneware

Clay City Pottery is one of the few family potteries in the nation still making traditional stoneware and they are right here in Clay County!

The Griffith family has been crafting kiln-fired clay into beautiful pieces of stoneware for 131 years. The fifth and sixth generations of the Griffith family are now working the family pottery.

Mayberry Malt & Coffee Shoppe

Nothing is more nostalgic and more iconic of mid-20th Century Americana than thinking back to the Andy Griffith Show and having a malt—or a cup of coffee— in Ellie’s Drug Store. And there’s nothing today quite like visiting the Mayberry Malt & Coffee Shoppe in Clay City, Indiana—the Mayberry of the Midwest.

Darin’s Doodads - Gifts & Home Decor

When Darin Sinders, who suffers with Cerebral Palsy, graduated from Clay City High School in 2002 his parents, Don and Lucy Sinders, asked him what he wanted to do. He told them he wanted to open a gift shop. So, with the help of his sister, Sharadeth Deeter, Darin’s Doodads opened in downtown Clay City in 2002.

Meats and Sandwiches at Miller’s IGA

If you have never had a Butterfly Chop Sandwich from Miller’s IGA in Clay City—-You need to! Cut fresh in their meat department, hand breaded and fried, you can dress the sandwich to your desire or it is super good just plain!

Glory Days - Restaurant & Pub in Clay City

Glory Days in Clay City Indiana offers up some of the most delectable food around in a Hard Rock Cafe type deco that stretches from the front of the 1950’s diner seating to the Sports Pub in back.

Not since Hard Rock Cafe has a restaurant had so much memorabilia and history displayed as Glory Days. Upon entry, it takes you back immediately to the 1950’s with its oldfashioned soda fountain, senior cords on display, penny candy and the marbled top tables and corresponding chairs that graced most kitchens back in the days of Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Marilyn Monroe—All whose pictures you will find among numerous other notables on the walls.

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From The Editor

As you leaf through the following pages you will find stories, ads and photographs of hidden treasures and well-known gems in this central Indiana county—some not even familiar to those who reside here.