Post by L Roebuck on Dec 5, 2005 9:22:10 GMT -5
Couple aims to 're-wild' former 7 Caves attraction
By Steve Bennish Dayton Daily News
" The Wisconsin Glacier began its retreat from southern Ohio some time in the past 14,000 years, releasing a tremendous volume of water that cut a 100-foot deep gorge in Highland County's Paint Twp., the channel for what is now Rocky Fork Creek. The cascade also helped form an intricate 23-cave network.
The caves have hosted the Shawnee, 19th century pioneer dances, four species of bats, rare salamanders and a century's parade of tourists. Visitors from 1897 until recently arrived in everything from stage coaches to SUVs to gaze at an otherworldly landscape of cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and the illuminated caverns of what became known as the 7 Caves tourist attraction.
Today, the 13-acre cave site is poised to enter a new era. It is surrounded by the 2,000-acre private non-profit Highlands Nature Sanctuary, an idea born from the efforts of a husband and wife team — Larry Henry, 62, and his wife, Nancy, 53 — who left careers as state parks officials. "
Article Source: www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1205caves.html
For More Information Visit: www.highlandssanctuary.org
By Steve Bennish Dayton Daily News
" The Wisconsin Glacier began its retreat from southern Ohio some time in the past 14,000 years, releasing a tremendous volume of water that cut a 100-foot deep gorge in Highland County's Paint Twp., the channel for what is now Rocky Fork Creek. The cascade also helped form an intricate 23-cave network.
The caves have hosted the Shawnee, 19th century pioneer dances, four species of bats, rare salamanders and a century's parade of tourists. Visitors from 1897 until recently arrived in everything from stage coaches to SUVs to gaze at an otherworldly landscape of cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and the illuminated caverns of what became known as the 7 Caves tourist attraction.
Today, the 13-acre cave site is poised to enter a new era. It is surrounded by the 2,000-acre private non-profit Highlands Nature Sanctuary, an idea born from the efforts of a husband and wife team — Larry Henry, 62, and his wife, Nancy, 53 — who left careers as state parks officials. "
Article Source: www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1205caves.html
For More Information Visit: www.highlandssanctuary.org