Barreldriver
08-12-2011, 04:14 PM
This is from Standing Stone State Park, my family and others that are related by either blood or marriage owned lands that were seized by the government in the early 20th Century in order to form this park along with the Dale Hollow Reservoir ("The Town that Drowned").
Pictures are from wikipedia, had some of my own but have to get them from paps, used to always go here as a kid to roam about and junk originally the park was created for local use in order to give the displaced former residents a recreational spot however recently too many outsiders fancy the place and do not appreciate the heritage of the park that is so much a part of my family:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing-stone-lake-tn2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing-stone-overlook-tn1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mill-creek-bridge-tn1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing-stone-state-forest-tn1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goodpasture-standing-stone-tn1.jpg
Standing Stone State Park is situated atop the eastern section of the Highland Rim, a plateau-like upland that surrounds the Nashville Basin. The park is located roughly halfway between the rim's edge along the basin to the west and the higher Cumberland Plateau to the east. The Dale Hollow Lake impoundment of the Obey River dominates the area just a few miles to the north.
Mill Creek, the park's major stream, flows down from its source on Reynolds Mountain (near Allons) to the east and winds its way westward through the hills of northern Overton County before emptying into the Cumberland River. At Standing Stone State Park, the steep ridge upon which the park's main facilities are located briefly pushes the westward-flowing Mill Creek southward through a horseshoe bend. At this bend, two of Mill Creek's tributaries, Morgan Creek and Bryans Fork, join Mill Creek at the southeast and southwest, respectively, to form a natural X-shaped body of water. Standing Stone Dam impounds the creek immediately downstream from the bend, forming the X-shaped Standing Stone Lake. Ridges and high hills rise above the lake on all sides, namely 1,455-foot (443 m) Cooper Mountain to the east and 1,493-foot (455 m) Goodpasture Mountain to the southwest.
I am a descendant of the Reynolds family that Reynolds Mountain is name after. :thumbsup:
Pictures are from wikipedia, had some of my own but have to get them from paps, used to always go here as a kid to roam about and junk originally the park was created for local use in order to give the displaced former residents a recreational spot however recently too many outsiders fancy the place and do not appreciate the heritage of the park that is so much a part of my family:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing-stone-lake-tn2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing-stone-overlook-tn1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mill-creek-bridge-tn1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing-stone-state-forest-tn1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goodpasture-standing-stone-tn1.jpg
Standing Stone State Park is situated atop the eastern section of the Highland Rim, a plateau-like upland that surrounds the Nashville Basin. The park is located roughly halfway between the rim's edge along the basin to the west and the higher Cumberland Plateau to the east. The Dale Hollow Lake impoundment of the Obey River dominates the area just a few miles to the north.
Mill Creek, the park's major stream, flows down from its source on Reynolds Mountain (near Allons) to the east and winds its way westward through the hills of northern Overton County before emptying into the Cumberland River. At Standing Stone State Park, the steep ridge upon which the park's main facilities are located briefly pushes the westward-flowing Mill Creek southward through a horseshoe bend. At this bend, two of Mill Creek's tributaries, Morgan Creek and Bryans Fork, join Mill Creek at the southeast and southwest, respectively, to form a natural X-shaped body of water. Standing Stone Dam impounds the creek immediately downstream from the bend, forming the X-shaped Standing Stone Lake. Ridges and high hills rise above the lake on all sides, namely 1,455-foot (443 m) Cooper Mountain to the east and 1,493-foot (455 m) Goodpasture Mountain to the southwest.
I am a descendant of the Reynolds family that Reynolds Mountain is name after. :thumbsup: