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Upper Falls at Graveyard Fields
66"h x 43"w
This is my son Rhys frightening his Mother by doing what should not be done: climbing on spray slick rock 30 feet off the ground!
The explanation that follows is a reprint from the National Park Service and explains the colorful title of the trail and the quilt:
At the beginning of the Graveyard Fields Trail is a sign which reads:
A natural disaster occurred here 500 to 1000 years ago.
A tremendous "wind-blow" uprooted the spruce forest.
Through the years the old root stumps and trees rotted,
leaving only dirt mounds. These odd mounds gave the
appearance of a graveyard, and the area became known
as Graveyard Fields.
The forest eventually recovered, only to be destroyed by
a catastrophic fire in 1925. This fire consumed the entire
spruce-fir forest and the ancient mounds.
The forest again is slowly recovering. The 1925 fire
burned deeply, destroying the soils nutrients. Blackberry
briers and other small plants have taken hold, adding
decaying vegetation to the earth each season, gradually
enriching the soil. With time, this process will establish
larger plants and trees. A spruce-fir forest might once
again flourish in Graveyard Fields.
$6,380.00
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