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Local tradition had it that early settler
Jonathan Nixon, Sr (1753–1799) was the first white man to look upon the falls. In the 19th century a small community thrived along the river at the current
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The park's main feature is a half-mile long set of cascades — the "Valley Falls" — that separate
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State Park in Marion and Taylor counties, West
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