Hey folks,
While on Saturday's hike, I was telling somebody about some of the waterfalls in Shelby County. This reminded me of Davis Falls.
Last year, an article ran in the Shelby County Reporter about Davis Falls and how the county was finally considering making the falls into a park, after letters, phone calls, and a visit to the county commission by Henry Emfinger, my guide to the falls, and local historian. That article can be found at:
http://www.shelbycountyre.../09/16/opinion/opin03.txt Davis Falls is located a few minutes outside of Montevallo, about a half-mile from the railroad crossing/village of Aldrich, home of the Aldrich Coal Mine Museum, run by none other than Henry Emfinger and his wife. It is on the north side of CR- 10. It is around forty feet high, and slides at a forty-five to sixty degree angle into a nice blue-hole. Davis Falls is currently on logging company property, and logging occurs CLOSE nearby. The falls once hosted a picnic area, long since closed. There are at least two more waterfalls of varying sizes upstream from Davis Falls on Davis Creek, according to Henry.
I'm trying to figure out what is going on with the push to make the falls into a park. I heard nothing in the press after the initial article, and surrounding letters to the editor. If you hear anything, let me know, and if you are interested in seeing the area made into a nature park, feel free to write to the County.
