Hi, I am Jim, I love Kentucky, and traveling in and around Kentucky! I also love the entire country, and all of the beautiful and strange places here and there! This blog covers the overlooked, forgotten, and underrated places, people, and moments in history in America, with a focus on Kentucky! It will cover great tourists stops, books about people and history, and include photos and postcard scans.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Old Postcards: Cumberland Falls
Two more beautiful old Kentucky postcards. Take a moment to stare at the scans.
The top card gives this dated (but fun!) info:
The Falls are located in Cumberland Falls State Park and can be easily reached over a State-maintained road recently finished.
Cumberland Falls is sometimes called "Kentucky's Niagara." The Falls are about sixty-eight feet in height, average width about 125 feet. The tremendous volume of water that passes over the falls at times creates a roar and a mist of a young Niagara. The moonbow seen from the falls during full moon on clear nights is a natural phenomenon occurring in only two places in the world- Victoria Falls in Southern Africa and Cumberland Falls in Kentucky.
The bottom postcard is postmarked 1943.
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