Imagine yourself arriving at this site after a 12 hour wagon ride in the late 1700's...site of an iron furnace and forge where early pioneer tools, as well as pots and pans were cast. Later, electric power for the town of Independence was generated until 1935.
The Blue Ridge Explorers Club visited the falls and discovered stoneflies and caddisflies under rocks in the creek, rock overhangs, coneflower, wingstem, an unknown species of lizard, and Cedar Waxwings swooping down to catch insects at the top of the falls.
