Wooden Nickel - Natural Stone Bridge, N.Y.

This is a wooden nickel tourist souvenir from the Natural Stone Bridge & Caves Park in Pottersville, N.Y. - Acquired in 1976 when visited here.
Obverse: picture of Indian / Reverse: picture of Buffalo (or Bison)
** The massive stone bridge arch - the largest marble cave entrance in the east - dominates this spectacular display of Adirondack geology. Originally named Ponte de Dios (Bridge of God) by explorers and later described in Morse's Geography of 1790, the stone bridge has captivated visitors for over 200 years. Unlike the slow forming limestone caverns, these marble caves were rapidly formed during the last ice age by an unusual East-West trending fault which exposed a layer of ancient marble to raging acidic floodwaters from melting glaciers. Set out on a self-guided, above-ground tour over a natural stone step nature trail and experience up-close the many unique rock features in the marble gorge, such as potholes, grottos, and mill site waterfalls. Descend into lighted surface caves with raging waterfalls or tranquil dark pools. **