Light Through The Trees

by Karen Adams

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Light Through The Trees

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Karen Adams

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Photograph - Fine Art Prints - Photography

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The Hocking Hills in southern Ohio are known for fantastic caves, and cliffs and waterfalls. But really, just about any direction you look, there is beauty! This is just a scene that caught my eye while walking back from seeing Conkle's Hollow. I loved the sunlight dancing through the trees. it seemed to me to have a magical feeling....maybe fairies live here??

There is a wonderful folktale about this area. Conkle's Hollow has great cliffs that can be quite dangerous to hike. The legend speaks of a petroglyph that was found on the gorge wall by early settlers. The carving was fashioned as an arrow pointing to the opposite side of the hollow.According to the old tale, a small band of Indians robbed a flotilla of settlers along the Ohio River of a large amount money. The Indians journeyed to Conkle's Hollow to hide the stolen goods until the danger had passed. A small recess was located on the west gorge wall and was reachable only by climbing one of the two towering hemlocks growing at the base of the cliff. First, they had to cut one of the trees so that when it fell it served as a ladder to the recess cave above. They hid the money and carved the directional arrow on the opposite side of the gorge which pointed to the hiding spot. The Indians then shoved the hemlock to the gorge floor leaving only one standing in order to retrieve the goods later. as time passed and efforts of the settlers to find the Indians had ceased, the thieves returned for the stolen property. Much to their chagrin, the other hemlock had been felled during a storm, and the stolen money remains to this day somewhere in the hollow. Many locals claim having seen the carving, but it has since eroded away.

This is a state park and named after W.J. Conkle who left his name and the date 1797 carved into the sandstone on the west wall of the gorge. It is a wonderland to journey through...imagining those who passed through here so many years ago.

Thank you so much for looking at my images. I appreciate that very much.

I am very concerned with our environment and have decided to donate any money I make from any sales of this image to the ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND.....because the Earth needs a good lawyer! We all need to speak up and support efforts to protect our environment. We will not get a second chance!


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June 25th, 2014

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