The
Gorge of Cuyahoga Falls
Long
ago, in 1759, a 12 year old Mary Campbell was taken in Pennsylvania,
by Delaware Indians and brought to the present-day Gorge Metro Park,
where she lived as a child of Chief Netawatwees.
Mary
Campbell, became the first white child in what was then the wild
frontier of the Western Reserve. She later settled with the tribe in
a village along the banks of the Cuyahoga River, not far from the
cave. She was eventually released in 1764 after a treaty ended the
French and Indian War.
Thousands
of years prior, the Gorge was formed when glacial debris blocked the
route of the Cuyahoga River, and caused the river to find a new
course. Today, the water flows over a shale riverbed, between ledges
made of Sharon conglomerate sandstone. Oak, black-gum, tulip and
yellow birch trees are very common in the woods that covering the
valley walls.
This
155-acre Metro Park was made possible in 1930, when the Northern Ohio
Traction & Light Company donated the land to Metro Parks.
Summit
County Metroparks – The Gorge
1160
Front St Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
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