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There’s no shortage of rocks in Arkansas!

Davies Bridge Falls – Winter 2013

Davies Bridge Falls - Winter 2013 (Color)

I don’t know a proper name for this exact spot, and sometimes call it “Red Bluff Falls”… That’s Lake Roosevelt behind the falls – and from this point it becomes Cedar Creek as it passes under Davies Bridge which is just out of frame to the right. Further down it goes over the spectacular 100-foot high Cedar Falls – the centerpiece of Petit Jean State Park in central Arkansas. B/W version below…

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Cob Cave in Lost Valley

Cob Cave in Lost Valley

Cobb Cave is located at the upper-end of Lost Valley near Eden Falls, and so-named because archaeologist from the University of Arkansas found stashes of corn cobs left from a time when Native Americans used it. This “cave” is more accurately called a “Rock Shelter”, though there are a few “true caves” in the area – including one that contains a 30-foot tall underground waterfall (Eden Cave). In fact, all of Lost Valley was probably one HUGE rock shelter at one time – and this upper-end of it would have been way at the back of it and mostly in darkness. Geologists call this a “collapse valley” – and you’d have to imagine it like a giant cave large enough for a small city, with an overarching “roof” of sandstone hundreds of feet thick. But at some point in prehistory, erosion and/or seismic activity caused the roof to collapse and expose the valley as it is now – leaving house-sized boulders scattered on the “floor” which today are known as the Jigsaw Rocks.

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