New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-26
4 NEH WOYDER OkNIrrnr.
Discoveries ~ sHouoLA GLgN-RgArrv
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Discoveries ~ sHoHoLA GLIN-BEAury 49,
PICrUaEsQUENEs5 or THE PLACE
SHOHOLE, Penn, July 23.-The mast NO.,
more people have a'igbisd at tAs place inon Eide
triini-,aaaY OF them special tmiss--thag bay. y
here bo.1re Ia ten years altogether The Object q, ii,
visits Is 70 soc and explore Tho wondafm, 10y
On the sh0hOa Creek. the 0x.s,sHce o. -
was sarey known until recently outside n, ~
residents Of his waysde village WIN -.
10 nothing remarkable IN IL, auI who Az {, -
sequence, muca amazed on being tod that they -,
ttna.r l5rs formidable rival Of the famous W,i,tN
Glen. The gcn ID Saohola Crock is less ular -
from the station This creek, using far buck ia tss s
County Wilderness flows throIzh wild an J r3ml,s. =
giOl from its 20 its mouth. Toe rsYiBe th,.
watch Il passes SbOhoa station, few 10 l. 49,,
junction with the Delaware, il spinnoI by a sro,sv,-
duct hundred feet above the water over which tbA,
road crosses. Eight miles from the station "a, crth
gins rapid descent from thu hills 70 the nver a..
in that distance its fall is 100 feet to the mil. IN.
stream il 80 crooked that troIt asl,rnsl, N folori
It's course from sl)hoa Falls tr4y,i usse nil,
apdth.n come ont only ten minutes walk from =,
Falls where they starch Tie crock has been fa,or,
with gers for more than Afy years They have an.
cecied in clmnerng and edytng tlcr wy als,q ~
from above until they reached rhe spot waes A
began 10 leap the precpce INFO the unknown ala IA
acco 5sOie stretch OF stream. which came 10 view sg,
nearly mile 0rOW, ABOVE village, ana fha
followed n0rthcr That unknown portion " De creek M,
few vear ago explored from below by or three Van
ttfesOme visitors bit their gOTlns account. VIII.
they found there rallied % arouse bre than passing IL
cal interest. This spring sup h rhdsnt Nurhy. OF n,
Delaware Division ~ tie Ere IA Ivy visited
anu 10 his grsat surprise found one Of the Erand All
nst suD-aiOI. specimens Of nttursS hauiiWOr4 lvn,
and virtually unknown His explorations iei
10 practical results. The existence al
the glen was made known along the hHe 81 tae roai
and trains run 10 accOniN d1ie IN 's- who deSrst
90 visit the wonder Since May more than 5O0
people have visited the glen and its fame spread 20 n,
div mat John f. Xilg0ur. the limestone operator la
month purchased it. paying the owner 81 IL $4,000
cash. II il intention To bring art ~ e all ~ nature
improving The gen. HIS been done az watkins and .
erect large hotel nj cost or not less than 100000
The glen proper rs three-quarter' OF mile In length
The creek In places ferCes It's between rock In
space that IL may easily De stepped aeFss AMI
in others widens out into deep dark pools The walls u
the canyon. II may well he called rise In places hll
drcds Oi feet above the water From these walls, hcr
and there tue softer strata nave been away Dy h
water. and great cayerus extending FAR back into 10
rocks, which may uutil aim ~ QUE Of hearing
OF those the outside, We been for ged. Cataraa
fantastic and picturesque, break up the flow Of the
stream through the ravIne, and h1 the depth,
glen 40 hidden by 0yerhangi0g rock and interO'ke
branches - that OF the h2s psl,.
rated TO their depths One Of those, on the border "
pool. one side OF which tho rocks rise perpendousY
"Wcl's DOudOir" "Hatan's Nose" "CrOw Nest
"4phinNs Head" Devils Pass" "Cayew tatafact'
"Tbundcr Torrent" the "iIol Hole" and ferros
GrnttD" are suggestive names that have been giyee 70
glen yet uncKpOrcd hut the new proprietor b1ld
ing ladders Wake and bridges, aud hrOwsg fafcguiftI
around dangerous piea 80 that the entire beauty O bf
spot may bo seen by visitors