Yahoo Falls
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Historic Yahoo Falls, known also using its possible Muscogee name as Ywahoo Falls, is located in McCreary County, Kentucky
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, 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.
McCreary County, Kentucky
McCreary County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 17,080. Its county seat is Whitley City. The county is named for James B. McCreary, a Confederate war hero and Governor of Kentucky from 1875 to 1879. It is the only Kentucky county to not have a...
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Description
A Scenic overlook marks the trail from the highway to the falls, which stand 113 feet (34.4 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 ArchYahoo Arch
Yahoo Arch is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest, in McCreary County, Kentucky.A hiking trail leads from Yahoo Falls to the arch.- External links :*...
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History
Cumberland National Forest, now Daniel Boone National ForestDaniel Boone National Forest
Daniel Boone National Forest is the only national forest completely within the boundary of Kentucky. Established in 1937, it was originally named the Cumberland National Forest, after the core region called the Cumberland Purchase Unit...
, 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
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
, and many threatened and endangered species of plants.
External links
- http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/yahoo.shtml
- http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/maps/statekentucky.shtml
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