Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1896 — A Natural Wonder of Missouri. [ARTICLE]

A Natural Wonder of Missouri.

The Grand Gulf in Oregon County, Mo., Is nearly four miles long, 100 feet dfeep and 100 feet wide. It is crossed by a natural bridge wide enough for a wagon road, with a passage below Wide enough for two teams to pass abreast. At. the base of the gulf is a care, leading to an unexplored lake of water Inhabited by eyeless fish. This lake is some 500 feet below the surface Mil to supposed to be a feeder for the mammoth springs in Arkansas, eight miles distant The Grand Gulf is one •f the wonders of the world.