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James A. Villines, born in 1854, grew up to be a fur trapper known as “Beaver Jim”. He married Sarah Arbaugh and built this homestead in 1882. The cabin and a variety of outbuildings remain, built by Beaver Jim or added or changed by succeeding owners.

Throughout history, the waters of the Buffalo River Valley have supported agriculture, industry, and community. Boxley Grist Mill used the power of moving water to grind corn into meal and wheat into a flour, a service that was hard to come by in the rural Ozarks in the later 19th century.

Cob Cave is a bluff shelter located on the Lost Valley Trail in the Upper District of Buffalo National River. This bluff shelter is approximately 50 feet high, 150 feet deep, and 260 feet long from end to end. The shelter was formed by Clark Creek undercutting and eroding away a soft, soluble layer of rock, leaving a hard upper rock layer as the bluff shelter's ceiling. Based on archeological evidence, we know that this shelter was used by Native Americans 2,000 years ago.

Eden Falls is a 53-foot-tall waterfall on the Lost Valley Trail in the Upper District of Buffalo National River. The spectacle of Lost Valley, Eden Falls cascades out of a cave opening in the hillside and then tumbles into the box canyon, forming Clark Creek.

Eden Falls Cave is a geologic feature located at the end of the Lost Valley Trail in the Upper District of Buffalo National River. A significant portion of Clark Creek flows out of this cave and enters Lost Valley by way of Eden Falls.

Floyd V. Flowers built this hand-hewn log cabin around 1935 and called it home until the 1950s.

Frank Henderson and his wife Eva, later to be known as the famous “Granny Henderson” cleared the land and constructed the cabin themselves in the early 1900s in what is now the Ponca Wilderness.

The Natural Bridge is a geologic landmark on the Lost Valley Trail. At this location, Clark Creek flows through a natural limestone tunnel approximately 50 feet long and 6 feet tall. The creek then cascades 8 feet down into a wide, shallow pool beneath the Natural Bridge.

The Parker-Hickman Farmstead, located near Erbie Campground in the Upper District of Buffalo National River, preserves a significant cultural landscape in the Ozarks. The cedar log cabin dates back to the 1840s, making it the oldest structure in the park. The farmstead reflects traditional architecture, evolving agricultural practices, and economic development in the Ozarks, having been occupied continuously for nearly 130 years.