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Alum Spring Park: A Walk Through History

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 14:12 | Steve Johnson, Robert Hodge, and Barbara Crookshanks

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Alum Spring Park is a 34-acre woodland retreat off Greenbriar Drive with a playground and hiking trails. Its sandstone cliff, also known as the Alum Spring Rock, is 400 feet long and 40 feet high.

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