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Rock House Ridge Trail runs 0.6 mile along Rock House Ridge to a meadow with a view of the Mill Creek and Rugby areas, then loops back to the homestead area, where several log cabins and outbuildings from the late 1800s and early 1900s stand alongside a spring house and a cane mill once used to grind sorghum for making molasses. The ridge and trail take their name from a huge boulder whose far side slants inward to form a lean-to-like shelter or house. Indian artifacts have been found at this site, and during May and June the pink lady's-slipper orchid, or moccasin flower, grows in the nearby woods by the rock house.
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