Seven Silent Men
“The Bonnet runs in a due north-south direction, on the Missouri side of the river. Its upstream or northern or “tall” tip reaches an altitude of three hundred and fifty-one feet. The southern or downstream or “low” tip is an even hundred yards above river level. For most of the ascent from Low Tip toward Tall Tip, Warbonnet Ridge is seldom wider than fifty yards. Over the final fourth of the journey, to the northern crest, the width almost doubles. The drop to the forest floor, beside the Bonne...t, is sixty-eight feet at Tall Tip and seventeen feet at Low Tip. No one quite recalls when the roadway leading up to Low Tip was built.
In 1958 Warbonnet Ridge was officially incorporated as part of the United States National Parks system. This had created problems, since in 1945 the same cliff had been incorporated as the northeasternmost corner of the city of Prairie Port. Older residents were vaguely aware that the State of Missouri had spent years working out a compromise whereby the park site remained within the city limits, but as a federal enclave.MoreLess
In 1958 Warbonnet Ridge was officially incorporated as part of the United States National Parks system. This had created problems, since in 1945 the same cliff had been incorporated as the northeasternmost corner of the city of Prairie Port. Older residents were vaguely aware that the State of Missouri had spent years working out a compromise whereby the park site remained within the city limits, but as a federal enclave.MoreLess
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