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” Hannibal’s tale tells of a beautiful daughter of an Indian chief who loved a handsome warrior of an opposing tribe. The Hannibal Courier-Post Days Gone By column reprinted what is said to be the original lovers leap story, starting with a disclaimer: “Nearly every cliffed town, along nearly every river has a Lover’s Leap, and the legend behind the name of the high-topped bluff is nearly always the same. Still overcast and gray, we didn’t anticipate finding other sightseers, but the vista entices visitors in all seasons.
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The famous promontory is Burlington Limestone topped with Wisconsin-age loess. The exposure of strata seen from the base of the bluff shows the Devonian System Louisiana Limestone, and the Mississippian System type-section of the Hannibal Shale, the Dolbee Creek Limestone, a local division of the Burlington Limestone. There are several versions of the legend of Lover’s Leap, but the view of the river and valley and exposed rock are the real attractions of Lover’s Leap. Lover’s Leap was visited and in their bulletin the group’s preference for hard mineralogical facts over softer romantic fables was apparent: The 46 th Annual Meeting and Field Trip of the Association of Missouri Geologists was held at Hannibal, Missouri September 24-25, 1999. Hannibal’s Lover’s Leap is notable for the distinct delineation of the strata of rock that compose it, as well as the sentimental story that gave it its name. An additional perk comes with this new subject–generally speaking, these sites are located in very scenic if not spectacular natural settings. We circled around the bluff and took the steep road up to Lover’s Leap, now a city park. An overcast sky provides even light, no harsh shadows or stark contrast – like a great soft box in the sky. Later in the spring, when the trees leaf out, many details of a vista are hidden until the seasonal cycle moves through and the leaves fall again. This sometimes bleak appearing landscape has its advantages, however. The Midwest has a palette of grays and browns in the first overcast days of spring. High above, the precipice jutted out toward the river over the slumped talus slopes. Bluff Road parallels the Mississippi River on the flat floodplain where once was a busy railroad yard. We took Market Street past closed or about-to-close businesses to downtown, then drove south on Main Street to Bluff Road below Lover’s Leap. 14 The Hannibal Courier-Post agreed, speculating that legislative efforts to set railroad rates in Missouri had forced railroad companies to postpone. We left home in a chilly downpour, heading up I-44 before cutting northward diagonally through eastern Missouri to arrive at Hannibal in early afternoon. Mawas not an auspicious day to head out on a photographic safari. With Mark Twain’s humorous comments on Lover’s Leaps up and down the Mississippi as inspiration, the destination for our first road trip on this project was his own jumping off place, Hannibal, Missouri.