Stone fortification and mounds at the Devil's Backbone rock formation

Devil's Backbone is a rock formation and peninsula formed by the flow of Fourteen Mile Creek into the Ohio River, and is currently situated in Charlestown State Park near Charlestown, Indiana. According to local legend, on this bedrock ridge once stood a stone fortress that was built by Welsh explorers led by Prince Madoc sometime in the 12th century.^[1] Devils Backbone can refer to: Euphorbia tithymaloides, the so called Redbird cactus. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... See Formation of rocks for processes by which rocks are formed. ... Fourteen Mile Creek is a creek in Clark County, Indiana, close to Charlestown, Indiana. ... View of Pittsburgh, the largest metropolitan area on the Ohio River, where the Allegheny River (left) and the Monongahela River (right) join at Point State Park to form the Ohio River Cincinnati, Ohio is a well known city along the Ohio River, historically known for its riverboats. ... Charlestown State Park is a state park in Indiana. ... Charlestown is a city located in Clark County, Indiana. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... This article is about the country. ... Madoc (Madog or Madawg) ap Owain Gwynedd was a Welsh prince who, according to legend, discovered America in 1170, over three hundred years before Christopher Columbuss voyage in 1492. ...

The Backbone is believed to have been formed by the processes of glaciation where a combination of ice sheet advances, meltwater flows and a diversion of the Ohio River left an isolated bedrock ridge remaining between two valleys. A glaciation (a created composite term meaning Glacial Period, referring to the Period or Era of, as well as the process of High Glacial Activity), often called an ice age, is a geological phenomenon in which massive ice sheets form in the Arctic and Antarctic and advance toward the equator. ...

Rose Island, an amusement park popular during the 1920s that was destroyed by the 1937 Flood, stood on this rugged peninsula. Historical Marker located at entrance of Charlestown State Park, pertaining to Rose Island Rose Island was a popular amusement park near Charlestown, Indiana, situated on a peninsula (the Devils Backbone) created by Fourteen Mile Creek emptying into the Ohio River. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ...

Charlestown State Park hiking trails do not provide access to the Backbone. However, the formation is easily accessible at the John Work House and Mill Site property. John Work House and Mill Site is a Registered Historic Place just outside Charlestown, Indiana, owned by the Lincoln Heritage Council, (BSA). ...

According to the Rand McNally Road Atlas, the formation is near Fort Ritner, Indiana, east of Bedford, but quite a distance from its actual location. Bedford is a city in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. ...

See also

• Geography of Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky. ...

References

External links

• Satellite image of Devil's Backbone and Rose Island
• Geology Laboratory Manual, Hanover College — includes a more detailed description of how the Backbone probably was formed.
• Information about Rose Island