Shirttails
I said I was not going to share my photo of Shirttail Creek Falls. I lied. Here it is. It is not a great shot of this waterfall by any means, but it turned out ok. There is a huge dropoff here into the creek, and a narrow, wet, slippery ledge, with no handholds, that you can walk out on to get a view of the falls. I was not feeling too daring so I did not go out very far this time. Next time … next time I think I will try to get to the bottom of the falls. Not sure how, but perhaps if I approach it from downstream, I will be able to get down to creek level. Maybe.
So does everyone know how Shirttail Creek got its name? It is a pretty interesting story. Back in the year 1849, two miners were prospecting in the area and happened to come across another miner panning for gold. He was wearing absolutely nothing in the way of clothing except for a shirt, not overly lengthy. Embarrased, the newcomers asked the other miner what the name of the place was. After glancing down at his outfit, he answered, “do not know any name for it yet, but we might as well call it shirt-tail, as anything else”. Thus, the creek was named.