The 2007 NACCCA Reunion
Sept. 27-30 2007
Visit beautiful Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
Corbin, KY
The 2007 annual NACCCA reunion was held at Cumberland
Falls State Resort Park, built by the CCC.
From the balcony of the lodge, visitors could watch
the great Cumberland River wind through the mountains much like the
road that brought attendees to their final destination. The Park
typifies the atmosphere of CCC built recreation facilities. The
first lodge built by the CCC burned. The present lodge was built
shortly thereafter by the WPA. Although the Boys can't claim the
construction of the facility, it is reminiscent of the original design
and is built on the former foundation.
Host, Bret Smitley kept attendees busy and informed as
the local area was explored. A train ride rattled its way
through the mountains to the coal mines that were an important facet
of the early Kentucky mountain industry.
Cumberland
Falls --Why is it special?
Cumberland Falls, sometimes called the Little Niagara, the
Niagara of the South, or the Great Falls, is a large waterfall on the
Cumberland River in southeastern Kentucky. Spanning the river at
the border of McCrery and Whitley counties, the waterfall is the
central feature of Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, which itself is
surrounded by the Daniel Boone National Forest.
On average the falls, which flow over a resistant sandstone bed,
are 68 feet (21 m) high and 125 feet (38 m) wide, with a water flow of
3,600 cubic feet per second (100 m³/s).
Under a full moon on clear nights, an elusive lunar
rainbow or moonbow
is sometimes formed by the mist emanating from the falls. The site is
promoted as the only one in the world to feature this phenomenon, with
Victoria Falls at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe having lost its
status due to forest cultivation. Actually, almost any waterfall can
produce a moonbow under ideal conditions; however, many comparable
sites have too much light for this feature to be visible. (www.
Wikipedia.org)
Did
you know that from the Mississippi to the Big Sandy, no Kentuckian is
more than 40 miles from a Kentucky State Park or historic site?"
Learn more about the area - Experience the Unbridled Spirit of
Kentucky.
www.kentuckyunbridledspirit.com
www.parks.ky.gov
Daniel
Boone National Forest
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