The World's Most Beautiful Places
Cumberland Falls State Park in rural southeast Kentucky near the town of Corbin. Cumberland Falls is part of the Cumberland River drainage, a 688-mile-long river system Kentucky that begins in the Appalachian Mountains, and flows into the Ohio River at its meeting point with the Tennessee River. Its major tributaries include the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, and Red Rivers.
Historic Newlee’s Iron Furnace, located in Cumberland Gap National Park, was constructed in 1819 of locally sourced sandstone blocks, and its interior (seen here) was lined with fired bricks. Each day 625 bushels of charcoal (approximately 52 trees), 6 1/4 tons of locally mined iron ore, and 1,563 pounds of limestone were used to produce approximately 3 tons of iron. The produced iron was used both locally, and shipped as ingots down the Powell River to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
A replica of a historic log tool barn stands in a forest clearing, in early spring. Located in rural Tennessee, in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, the barn is part of the 1850s Homeplace Working Farm. The farm paints a portrait of farm life in rural Tennessee and Kentucky, in the 1800’s.
The tool barn provided a work area for farmers to build home furnishings, and repair farm equipment. Tools were stored within the barns “cribs”, while wagons, plows, and buggies were stored under the barn lean to’s.
