Crow Mountain is old but still beautiful!
Trees on a Carrion Crow Mountain are turning many shades of fall. Our Mountain is named Carrion Crow for the black vulture not the Natives. The name may be related to the Indian myth of creation where a carrion crow (Turkey buzzard) carves the land. It’s a plateau mountain with farming all across its top. The area was a winter refuge for Hernando de Soto's expedition in 1541-1542 after a battle with the Tula Indians. The expedition left behind carvings called petroglyphs on our Mountain. It’s debated, but they may have been carved by the clergy who traveled with De Soto. The picture I posted here of a petroglyph panel on Carrion Crow Mountain, Pope County, Arkansas, a site on the National Register of Historic Places.
I was looking all over for the mountain and was happy you wrote plateau mountain. I'm used to the huge ones like Mt. Rainier. Love the changing of colors and the long history of the place.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to imagine being surround by a mountain. Your cove must be like a valley bowl. I don't have too many mountains in Kansas. Linda
ReplyDeleteKay of Musings: That’s a really intriguing name for the mountain. The petroglyphs are really interesting too. I wonder what they mean.
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