Ferne Clyffe Panorama
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Ferne Clyffe Panorama
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A panoramic view of Ferne Clyffe State Park from the bridge after visiting the waterfall on the Big Rocky Hollow trail.
Ferne Clyffe State Park located in southern Illinois has been known as an outstanding natural scenic spot for more than a century. George Rodger Clark passed through with his contingent on the way to Fort Kaskaskia in 1778; and one hundred years later, it was use as hunting grounds by the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.
A portion of the park was purchased by two brothers from Cairo in 1899. They named it Ferne Clyffe because of the abundance of ferns on the grounds. They eventually sold the property to Miss Emma Rebman, a local school teacher and the school superintendent for Johnson County. Miss Rebman opened it as a park on Sundays charging 10 cents a person to visit and it soon became a popular tourist attraction known for its fascinating limestone bluffs, cliff caves and rock formations, along with inspiring vistas and picturesque woodlands and several small seasonal waterfalls fed by runoff from the upper bluffs.
Copyright 2018 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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May 17th, 2018
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