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The Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve is a sandstone formation through which the Licking River flows in Licking County, Ohio, United States. Located east of Newark near the tiny town of Toboso, along the gorge were designated an Ohio Nature Preserve in 1975. The gorge is a capsule of Ohio transportation history, having hosted canal boats, steam railroads, electric interurbans, and automobiles through the years. It is named for the black hand petroglyph that was found on the cliff face by the first settlers to the area. Black Hand Sandstone is a resistant rock that also forms the backbone of the Hocking Hills region. == History == From 13,000 BC to 400 AD the Early Native American Indians (including Hopewell Indians) lived in the area and visited the gorge. Beginning in the early 19th century, Anglo-European settlers used it as a transportation route through the hilly east-central Ohio landscape. Legend of the Black Hand One origin legend describes a contest set up between two suitors. The loser amputated his own hand in shame and threw it off one of the gorge's cliffs (possibly above the current location of the railroad tunnel), creating a hand-shaped mark on the rock. For complete review of the Blackhand Gorge, including the legend of the Black Hand, see ''Blackhand Gorge: A Journey Through Time'' by Aaron Keirns. It was first published in 1995 by Little River Publishing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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