Yahoo Falls

Yahoo Falls

Historic Yahoo Falls, known also using its Cherokee name as Ywahoo Falls, is located in McCreary County, Kentucky.

Description

A Scenic overlook marks the trail from the highway to the falls, which stand convert|113|ft|m. A similar waterfall in the Red River Gorge is said to exceed Yahoo Falls in height by a few inches. Further along, the trail leads to the Yahoo Arch.

History

Cumberland National Forest, now Daniel Boone National Forest, was created in 1937. It includes the Falls and surrounding second-growth timberland. It is owned by the Federal government and management is entrusted to the U.S. Forest Service.

Forest supervisor, Robert Collins created the Yahoo Falls Recreation Area in the 1960s. The decision was made to turn Yahoo Falls into an accessible scenic attraction in an effort to lure visitors to the Stearns Ranger District. An all-weather road was built to the top of the gorge and a picnic area and primitive campsite was established. Trails were constructed and a long flight of steel stairs led visitors down into the gorge past cliffs and nearly vertical lush slopes adorned with mountain laurel, rhododendron, and many threatened and endangered species of plants. [Perry, Samuel YAHOO FALLS AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW]

External links

* http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/yahoo.shtml
* http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/maps/statekentucky.shtml
* http://www.www.wildernessacres.com/customhtml3/

Further reading

*Perry, Samuel SOUTH FORK COUNTRY
*Troxel Thomas Harlan LEGION OF THE LOST MINE 1958
*Collins, Robert A HISTORY OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST 1975

References


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