1960 Old Man of the Falls at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky

Imagine standing at the edge of a powerful, tumbling waterfall deep in the Kentucky wilderness. Before you stretches Cumberland Falls, a broad curtain of water 68 feet high and 125 feet across plunging into a misty pool below. The water catches the sunlight in its frothy cascade and in the rising spray a faint rainbow arcs delicately hinting at the magic of a moonbow that appears on full moon nights.

To your left a striking rock formation juts from the riverbank. Its jagged ridges and craggy texture take on an uncanny human profile an Old Man of the Falls with a rounded nose and weathered chin as if the cliff itself is watching over the falls.

Beyond the waterfall the river continues framed by layered tan stone shelves and dense greenery. Tall trees and thick underbrush climb the cliff their deep greens contrasting sharply with the bright white of the cascading water. The scene is a mix of serene forest stillness and the roaring energy of falling water capturing the timeless rugged beauty of Cumberland Falls State Park.

Published by W. M. Cline Co., Chattanooga, Tennessee, Ektachrome natural color, Cumberland Falls State Park, Kentucky.

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