In 1868, Colonel R. Bruce Ricketts, a Civil War veteran who served in the Grand Army of the Potomac and who fought at Gettysburg, bought land in northeast Pennsylvania for timber logging. Fishermen exploring the lower reaches of Kitchen Creek on Ricketts’ land discovered a number of waterfalls. Further explorations revealed that two branches of Kitchen Creek cut through deep gorges in a series of waterfalls, then united at Waters Meet and flowed through a glen among giant pines, hemlocks and oaks. Colonel Ricketts built trails to the area of the waterfalls , which came to be known as the Glens Natural Area. A member of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Ricketts named many of the waterfalls after American Indian tribes. Ricketts Glen State Park incorporates the Glens Natural Area, a National Natural Landmark. The Falls Trail System of the Glens runs alongside a number of the waterfalls, the highest of which is the 94-foot Ganoga Falls. The Glens became a registered National Landmark in 1969. In 1993 it became a State Park Natural Area.
Adams Falls
Adams Falls
Kitchen Creek at Adams Falls
Mohawk Falls
Mohawk Falls
Kitchen Creek
Cayuga Falls
Ganoga Falls
Seneca Falls
Delaware Falls
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