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Gorham's Bluff: From View to Vision
The instant allure of Gorham's Bluff is obvious: the view is spectacular. Hundreds of feet below, the mighty Tennessee River cuts a wide green valley through the landscape. Birds of prey circle over Coon Gulf, a smooth body of water brought about when the Tennessee Valley Authority dammed the river in the 1930s. It is almost impossible to stand at the edge, take everything in-the sheer scope and mass and immensity of it all-and not be dazzled. And it is easy to ascribe that feeling to sheer, raw natural beauty. But that is just a fraction of what makes Gorham's Bluff so compelling.
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