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The Maul Rock and "girlfriend" pics..
LesWVa
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My Girlfriend wanted to go to her favorite place of all last Sunday.
The Maul Rock.
Her little brother "Bun Bun" had to get the "diddle" (jeep) started and warmed up for the trip. He was good but did not want to go through any "fall me downs" (mud holes).
Along the way she had to stop to get her feet wet and cool off in the river with her big brother "Possum".
By the time we got to the Maul Rock she was ready to eat a Hersey bar and have a cold Mt Dew.
And this is what she wanted to see. The maul Rock. A large mushroom shaped rock that sits on top of a narrow point and is located on one of the highest points in the county. It is about 25 to 30 feet high and the "table" that sits on top of it is about 20 feet across. They are names and dates carved into it that go back over 100 years. People have held weddings, funerals and countless family outings at the rock. It has a groove worn it from rain runoff that acts like a gutter during down pours. Sometimes old coins have been found under where the rain runs off. The oldest I have found was a 1920's nickel that I tossed back up on top like 99% of people do when they find one.
It is sad to see that * have no better respect for it than to cover it with spray paint. For a lot of people do not expect it to stand much longer due to the erosion at the narrowest point near the base of the table. A lot of stories have been told about it. From it being Holy Ground to the Indians that lived in the area, to it being a way point during the early days of flight. It is much larger than what it appears in the photo.
Over all it was a good day for riding the back woods and river trails and up into the mountains. After she got home and changed clothes she was ready to go jeep riding again.
We will hit the trail again next week for a few days of back woods camping during the 4th weekend. And of course my girlfriend will be with us..
The Maul Rock.
Her little brother "Bun Bun" had to get the "diddle" (jeep) started and warmed up for the trip. He was good but did not want to go through any "fall me downs" (mud holes).
Along the way she had to stop to get her feet wet and cool off in the river with her big brother "Possum".
By the time we got to the Maul Rock she was ready to eat a Hersey bar and have a cold Mt Dew.
And this is what she wanted to see. The maul Rock. A large mushroom shaped rock that sits on top of a narrow point and is located on one of the highest points in the county. It is about 25 to 30 feet high and the "table" that sits on top of it is about 20 feet across. They are names and dates carved into it that go back over 100 years. People have held weddings, funerals and countless family outings at the rock. It has a groove worn it from rain runoff that acts like a gutter during down pours. Sometimes old coins have been found under where the rain runs off. The oldest I have found was a 1920's nickel that I tossed back up on top like 99% of people do when they find one.
It is sad to see that * have no better respect for it than to cover it with spray paint. For a lot of people do not expect it to stand much longer due to the erosion at the narrowest point near the base of the table. A lot of stories have been told about it. From it being Holy Ground to the Indians that lived in the area, to it being a way point during the early days of flight. It is much larger than what it appears in the photo.
Over all it was a good day for riding the back woods and river trails and up into the mountains. After she got home and changed clothes she was ready to go jeep riding again.
We will hit the trail again next week for a few days of back woods camping during the 4th weekend. And of course my girlfriend will be with us..
Comments
"It is sad to see that * have no better respect for it than to cover it with spray paint. For a lot of people do not expect it to stand much longer due to the erosion at the narrowest point near the base of the table."
+1
Lets just hope when and if it does fall....that the spray painters are underneith doing just that. SPLAT![}:)][;)][^]
It is a shame that those punks spray paint that rock.
That is a remarkable rock, I never have seen anything like it.
It is a sediment type, more like a huge sand rock, which most believe confirms that the world was once covered with water. The family that owns the land it sits on has turned the state down many times when they ask to turn it into a state park and/or historical site. They want it left alone as it has basically been for years. The land owners do go after the fools that are stupid enough to paint their first and last names on it and they have been a few. But I do not blame them for that. Anyone can go see it at anytime for that is how it has always been and the owners do not want to post the land for a lot of people also hunt in the area.
Hear is a link to a larger photo of it.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2610171669_484ae7cbe4_b.jpg
gbeggrow
I do not want to see it fall ever. But at the same time it would be something to see. For if it landed on edge and got started it could roll for half a mile in three directions before it hit the bottom of a hollow and take out the land owners log home..[:0]
I especially like the 'Hersey' bar photo.
Beautiful younguns.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks---Peabo
Seems to me (CRS ya know) there was a large Maul family used to live over near Harts Creek. (which used to be one of those places "you just didn't go to without a 'local guide' or you might not come back!"). [;)]
Allen
The boy looks kinda like JamesRK!
It always irritates me when * cover something like that with graffitti
I was thinking the same thing....
id like to see it one day, and it is good that the people who own the land dont want to hand it to the government and have people pay to see it, not many places like that laft now...its all money money money.
i dont know what the procedures are there, but here if someone is caught spreying grafitti they are forced to clean it off, in their own time and at their own expense.
Here is a link to the guy who paints it. Click on "the rock"
and pic the year you want to see it.
http://www.bubbazartwork.com/
Sorry, I had the wrong link up. this is the one
Hmmmm.
The boy looks kinda like JamesRK!
He does, doen't he![:D]
Les, that's a Cherokee the young man's sittin' in, ain't it?
"The family that owns the land it sits on has turned the state down many times when they ask to turn it into a state park and/or historical site. They want it left alone as it has basically been for years.
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From what i understand:m people aren't always given the choice, here
in Mo. anyway.
We have a State attraction here called Devil's Hole, that is on property
that was forcibly taken from an old man. The land (several acres) had
been in the family for many generations, the owner was old and wanted
to die there...but the state paid him what they thought t was worth
and turned it into a seldom visited attraction. Which is basically
a large, somewhat shallow vertical cave with an aluminum staircase going down into it..
What is it they call this..."Eminent Domain". [:(!][V]