Blue Springs Big Creek
by Peggy Franz
Title
Blue Springs Big Creek
Artist
Peggy Franz
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
It only takes a few minutes to fall in love with Sam A. Baker State Park. The cool waters of the St. Francois River and Big Creek frame a wooded setting with trails that range from easy to challenging. Ancient mountains, towering trees, and fresh air are hallmarks of the park. Rustic cabins, a campground, a separate campground for equestrians, and a lodge with good country cookin round out the Sam A. Baker experience.The Saint Francois Mountains, a range located in southeast Missouri, is an outcrop of Precambrian igneous rock mountains rising over the Ozark Plateau.
This range is one of the oldest exposures of igneous rock in North America. Unlike the rest of the mountainous areas in the Ozarks, the Saint Francois Mountains were formed by true volcanic activity. The volcanic activity that formed this mountain range is also thought to be the geological cause of the uplift of the Ozark Plateau. These elevations may be the only area in the American Midwest never to have been submerged, existing as an island archipelago in the Paleozoic seas.
Fossilized coral, the remains of ancient reefs, can be found among the rocks around the flanks for the mountains. Both the Black and St. Francis Rivers wind through the mountain range. The St. Francis River is joined by Big Creek as it flows through Sam A. Baker State Park.
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April 29th, 2014
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