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Title
Nelson
Kennedy
Ledges
Subject
Parks--Ohio
State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works. & reserves--Ohio--1930-1940
Nelson Ledges State Park
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Nelson Township (Ohio)
Portage County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
on
reverse
reads
: "
Kennedy
Ledges
.
Portage
Co.
" This
photograph
shows
a
large
boulder
balancing
on the
edge
of a
cliff
. In
1940
, the
state
purchased
land
at
Nelson
Ledges
, and in
1948
,
it
bought
101
acres
of the
area
known
as
Kennedy
Ledges
. The
state
of
Ohio
created
Nelson-Kennedy
Ledges
State
Park
in
1949
to
preserve
the
area
.
Nelson-Kennedy
Ledges
is
popular
for
picnicking
and
hiking
. The
park
,
located
on
State
Route
282
in
Nelson
Township
,
is
near
one
of the
highest
points
of the
state
and
is
close
to the
watershed
divide
between
the
Ohio
River
and
Lake
Erie
. The
rock
formations
at the
167-acre
Nelson-Kennedy
Ledges
have
become
trademarks
of the
park
. The
sandstone
cliff
formations
resulted
from the
forces
of
erosion
—
wind
,
water
freezing
and
thawing
—
that
wore
away
at the
softer
rock
layers
. As these
soft
layers
eroded
,
large
blocks
of
rock
called
slump
blocks
fell
away
leaving
more
resistant
layers
to
form
ledges
above
.
Within
the
park
are
angled
rock
formations
50
to
60
feet
high
with
ground
fissures
as
deep
as
60
feet
.
Cascade
Falls
and
plant
life
typical
of
more
northern
climates
can
also be
found
at the
park
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B10F02_028_001.tif
Image Height
4406
Image Width
3276
File Size
57531175 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-29
Date modified
2010-06-30
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