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Forest supervisor Robert
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and primitive campsite was established. Trails were constructed and a long flight of steel stairs led visitors down into the gorge past cliffs and nearly vertical lush slopes adorned with
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at this location in the 1770s. The name "bigfoot" did not exist yet at the time and Boone called the creature a ""Yahoo"", which is a direct reference to
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A Scenic overlook marks the trail from the highway to the falls, which stand 113 feet (34 m). A similar waterfall in the
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is said to exceed Yahoo Falls in height by a few inches. Further along, the trail leads to the
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