Talk:Jenny Jump State Forest
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[edit] Name?
This place has an unusual name. Some information about that would be cool. Ubermonkey 19:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- I used to visit Jenny Jump Forest when I was a kid, and as I was told by my nanny at that time, the forest was after an incident - back when Native Americans were scalping the Settlers for the British. Jenny and her father lived in the mountain area, and when her Father caught wind that the Native Americans were coming there way, he told her to run and jump off the cliff - he'd rather she die from that than suffer a scalping. Legend has it she did jump from the cliff and that her body was never found. That's the old wives tale version I was told as a child. --Ozgod 04:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- I also noticed that there is an Oz character (yes, from the L. Frank Baum-originated series) named Jenny Jump. I wonder if the name of said character took inspiration from the name of the forest or the original legend. 204.52.215.107 (talk) 15:34, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
