Side A: Historic Haydenville
Originally known as Hocking Furnace, Haydenville was founded by and named for Columbus industrialist Peter Hayden (1806-1888), who energetically developed the coal, iron, sandstone, and fire clay deposits . . . — — Map (db m20351) HM
As the water works its way down through Old Man’s Cave Gorge, one of the first unusual areas that it encounters here at Devil’s Bathtub. This is an area in the sandstone that has been cemented together more tightly than the other nearby rock layers. . . . — — Map (db m2431) HM
This recess cave was named for the “old man” Richard Rowe, a recluse who made the cave his home in the 1800’s and is a part of the scenic Hocking Hills State Park. Hocking comes from the Wyandot Indian word “hockhocking,” . . . — — Map (db m2513) HM
In terms of sheer amount of water, Cedar Falls is the most abundant waterfall in the entire park. Queer Creek cascades down the face of the rock in a tremendous display of the power of water. In fact, it was the early visitors that gave the falls . . . — — Map (db m138969) HM
In January of 1998 something happened here at Hocking State Park which only occurs roughly every 100 years—a flood of massive proportions! As
the water ripped its way through the gorge it destroyed and removed almost all of
structures while . . . — — Map (db m138966) HM
The previous bridge at this location was a 250 foot long, steel Pennsylvania truss. It was originally built in 1914 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company and located in Hamilton County. In 1956 it was moved for reuse at this location to carry State . . . — — Map (db m96062) HM
This building originally erected in 1847, was restored to its former appearance in 1994 and has been the seat of Logan Municipal Government since 1882. — — Map (db m195119) HM
Known as the Norwegian Count, Nils Louis Christian
Kachelmacher was born in Oslo, Norway of wealthy
parentage. He immigrated to the United States at age
21 and was responsible for industrial growth in the
Hocking Valley and expansion of the town . . . — — Map (db m119652) HM
The recess of Old Man’s Cave is the most famous feature in the park. It is located on a vertical cliff 75 feet above the stream and measures 250 feet long and 50 feet high. The spectacular recessed caves seen throughout the park are examples of . . . — — Map (db m138973) HM
The greatest thing we can do is inspire young minds…
- John Glenn
John Glenn was born in 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio. After a career as a pilot for the US Marine Corps, and as a test pilot, he was selected to . . . — — Map (db m166300) HM
If you look downstream and up on the north wall you will see the distinctive face known as the “Sphinx Head” protruding and overseeing the plunge down to Lower Falls. The wind and water erosion has worked hard to produce this unique . . . — — Map (db m138975) HM
Born in 1886 on a farm near Logan, Tessa Sweazy Webb was a teacher at the Hocking County Children’s Home where she began writing poetry. By 1924 she had become well known across the state and nation for her published works. Under Webb’s successful . . . — — Map (db m11550) HM
Dedicated to: General Curtis Michael Scaparrotti, First Sergeant Michael C. Scaparrotti and all past, present, and future veterans from Hocking County who served in all branches of the Armed Forces. — — Map (db m166301) WM
Worthington (1773–1827), land developer as well as statesman, laid out the village of Logan, beginning on June 27, 1816, while he was Governor of Ohio. This lot was set aside by him to be used as a public market place. Worthington became a . . . — — Map (db m9624) HM
In Honor of the
U.S.S. Hocking
APA-121
and all who served on board
Commissioned
October 22, 1944
Decommissioned
May 10, 1946
Received 2 Battle Stars
For World War II
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Dedicated on
U.S.S. . . . — — Map (db m195115) WM
Here is where hikers can witness the power of water in the Hocking Hills. Looking
out from within this cave with its very steep waits and loose boulders, the actual
formation of a young sandstone gorge is taking place as the water slowly digs . . . — — Map (db m139145) HM
Side A:
The twelfth lock on the Hocking Canal, the Sheep Pen lock, underscores Southeast Ohioans' efforts to open their region to the world during the mid-nineteenth century. Built as a guard lock, it was intended to permit slackwater . . . — — Map (db m202657) HM
Ash Cave, Ohio's largest stone recess, stretches 700 feet across and rises 90 feet high.
The rock shelter was created when ground water percolating through the sandstone eroded away the formation's weaker middle layer, undercutting the resistant . . . — — Map (db m130373) HM
This hard-surfaced trail meanders one-quarter mile along a stream which sculpted the sandstone gorge terminating at majestic Ash Cave. Early settlers named
this rock shelter for the huge mounds of campfire ashes that blanketed its floor, . . . — — Map (db m195121) HM
Modern roads often have their precedents in much older thoroughfares. Two ancient paths once converged near this point. As late as the 1700s, the Salt Trail guided Native Americans from the upper Scioto Valley plains past Cantwell Cliffs, Cedar . . . — — Map (db m218379) HM
