silver falls

 

Once a flowing waterfall, Silver Falls is normally dry unless a strong thunderstorm happens to pass. After today's showers, there was a trickle. In the 1870s Colonel Randal McKenzie camped near the falls during his pursuit of Quanah Parker. Since the 1800s travelers have stopped at this once-scenic place.  In 1935 the National Youth Association, part of President Roosevelt’s Work Project Administration, built roadside park stone facilities, which were updated in 2004.  My dad speaks of picnics here in the 1950s.  Silver Falls was a hike destination when I was at Girl Scout camp at nearby Rio Blanco.  Today I availed myself of the facilities and took a look at the "falls."

 

According to the Geological Survey of Texas - Dumble, E.T. (ed). 1892. Third Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1891 - this is what White River at Silver Falls looked like in 1891.

 

 

Silver Falls

Crosby County, Texas