Devil's Gulch Park, Garretson, South Dakota

View from the "Jesse James" foot bridge downstream into the wider opening of the gulch. The bridge marks the spot, where the notorious outlaw Jesse James left his legend with the Garretson community. While attempting to evade a posse following a bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and his gang encountered the split rock river. Jesse found that the only way to evade the posse was to jump the chasm, now known as the Devil's Gulch. This he did, leaving the posse on the other side and giving him to escape to Missouri.

Devil's Gulch Park, Garretson, South Dakota

Bottomless pit - The dark and oily looking water in the Devil's Gulch is a bit deceiving and reported to be quite deep. Many years ago, a plumb line measuring 600 feet was lowered with no bottom to be found.

Devil's Gulch Park, Garretson, South Dakota

The spot where the notorious outlaw Jesse James left his legend with the Garretson community. While attempting to evade a posse following a bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and his gang encountered the split rock river. Jesse found that the only way to evade the posse was to jump the chasm, now known as the Devil's Gulch. This he did, leaving the posse on the other side and giving him to escape to Missouri.

Devil's Gulch Park, Garretson, South Dakota

Devil's Falls in the narrow chasm of Devil's Gulch in Garretson, South Dakota

Devil's Gulch Park, Garretson, South Dakota

Devil's Gulch, Garretson, South Dakota