tallulah falls

it was known as the niagara of the south when george cooke painted it in 1841 and was a popular tourist destination even before the civil war

in the 1890s and early 1900s, a railroad took hundreds of tourists to the falls, like these at oceana falls in 1910 --- only during controlled water releases do the falls looks like this today

oceana falls, a poor shadow of its natural self --- after the river was dammed in 1913, the falls declined as an attraction, superseded by the popularity of summer homes on the lakes behind the dam

the ruins of the north tower from karl wallenda's tight-wire walk across the gorge in 1970

this is l'eau d'or, "gold water," the first of six separate cataracts that make up tallulah fall --- several times a year, they do large water releases, and the original spectacular water flow over the falls is recreated --- i want to see that