Indiana, Owen County, near Cloverdale
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Cataract Falls are the result of oceans and ice.
The limestone outcroppings that form Cataract Falls formed millions of years ago when this region was covered by a large shallow ocean.
Layers of calcium-rich materials fell to the ocean floor.
As layers accumulated, their weight pressed down, creating limestone.
More recently, glaciers extended south into the Cataract Falls area. Ice blocked the natural drainage of Mill Creek, creating a large lake. The limestone bedrock became buried under lake sediments.
Once the glaciers receded north, the lake drained and Mill Creek carved its path across the dry lake bottom.
It cut through the soil deposits until it encountered two limestone ridges. These would become the Upper and Lower Cataract Falls.
Cataract Falls carries the largest volume of water of any falls in Indiana. The upper falls is 20 feet high. The lower falls are 18 feet high.
(Natural Features) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Cataract Falls are the result of oceans and ice.
The limestone outcroppings that form Cataract Falls formed millions of years ago when this region was covered by a large shallow ocean.
Layers of calcium-rich materials fell to the ocean floor.
As layers accumulated, their weight pressed down, creating limestone.
More recently, glaciers extended south into the Cataract Falls area. Ice blocked the natural drainage of Mill Creek, creating a large lake. The limestone bedrock became buried under lake sediments.
Once the glaciers receded north, the lake drained and Mill Creek carved its path across the dry lake bottom.
It cut through the soil deposits until it encountered two limestone ridges. These would become the Upper and Lower Cataract Falls.
Cataract Falls carries the largest volume of water of any falls in Indiana. The upper falls is 20 feet high. The lower falls are 18 feet high.
(Natural Features) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Built 1905
Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
In 1800, not too far from here along Cherry Run, George Painter built the first gristmill in Burrell Township. By 1804 he had relocated the mill to this site on Crooked Creek and added a sawmill. The mills changed hands several times and by 1822 a fulling mill was added. The mills eventually came under the ownership of Michael Cochran (1858) and the settlement became known as Cochran Mills. It is the birthplace of Elizabeth Jane Cochran (1864-1922), a female journalist who wrote under the pen name Nellie Bly. An industrialist and charity worker, Bly is notable for feigning insanity to write an undercover expose on mental institutions. In the late 1930s the settlement was razed for the impoundment of Crooked Creek Dam, one of 16 dams which the US Army Corps of Engineers constructed to control flooding along the Allegheny River basin.
Ms. Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, but spent most of her adult life in and around Montgomery County, Maryland. She was a renowned biologist and owed her love of nature to the encouragements of her mother, from whom young Rachel learned the lore and magic of birds and insects, streams and ponds. She lived along this stream valley while she wrote her book Silent Spring.
During the mid-nineteenth century, steamboats played a major role in the settlement and development of the nation. In March 1865 the fully laden sternwheeler Bertrand left St. Louis under command of Captain James Yore. The cargo of general merchandise and mercury, used in the refinement of gold, was bound for the frontier mining towns near Fort Benton, Montana Territory, at the headwaters of the Missouri.
Goat Island is made up of dolostone bedrock covered with glacial deposits. For thousands of years, these deposits lay under deep lake and river waters. About 3,500 years ago, the water level of the Upper Niagara began to drop, eventually exposing the deposits forming Goat Island. The combination of the mist from the falls and fertile soil made Goat Island the site of what was a very special forest that included the largest variety of shrubs and trees in North America. 
For Col. William Whitley, famous leader in over 17 Indian battles. By 1794 had driven Indians from S.E. Ky. Joined Ky. militia in War of 1812. Killed at Battle of the Thames, 1813. Whitley county formed from Knox. Williamsburg, seat of government, also named for Col. Whitley. First court held, 1818, in home of Samuel Cox, first citizen of Williamsburg.
Only woman, as a fighter, to receive a U.S. pension; special Act of Congress, 1884. Marcum home in Tenn., a depot for southerners going north to Union Army. She lost eye; badly wounded defending home against marauder; then the family came here. Unionist father killed in action. Her life devoted to patriotic, religious work. Died 1936, age 91, military funeral.
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Tour Site 10
1875
The folk lore concerning this cemetery has been handed down through generations by word of mouth. Most of it has proved to be factual through the efforts of Gordon Treesh, who researched old records and diaries.
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Designed by
Carl Ringer & Son
Tour Site 12
c. 1909
In the 1850's, Luther Wilson (son of our founder, Reuben Wilson) donated the land for this cemetery, which the Greenwood Cemetery Association was formed to oversee. The cemetery's name was derived from the huge pines that occupy the property. The original plot of land comprised current cemetery sections A, B, C and D, primarily to the left of where you are now standing. The sections that are now open land were purchased later. Stone markers with dates of death preceding 1850 indicate reinterred graves, the remains originally having been buried in the old cemetery near the Wilson Depot area. As you walk through the cemetery, note the various Victorian symbols on the stones (e.g., urns signifying morning, globes signifying eternity, trees signifying the continuation of life). Membership in the Greenwood Cemetery Association provided for free use of the cemetery's horse-drawn hearse. (Non-members paid $5 for this service.) The carriage house for this hearse stood to the west of the current entrance. In the 1950's, the Town of Wilson took over from the old Greenwood Association and continues to care for the cemetery today. ~ as told by C. F. Horton. 
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission built the Burnt Mills water filtration facility in 1929 to meet increasing demand for clean water in the rapidly-growing Washington. D. C. suburbs.
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
Baumbach Building
Designed by Eugene R. Liebert
First occupant Cohen Bros., Clothiers
Tour Site 14
1900
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
Roundy, Peckham & Dexter Co. Grocers
Designed by Howland Russel
Tour Site 15
1895
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
Fred Vogel Jr. Building
Designed by C.F. Ringer
First occupant Beals & Torrey Shoe Co.
Tour Site 16
1896
