Issaqueena Falls, near Walhalla, South Carolina, is a 100 ft high cascade waterfall in the Oconee District of the Sumter National Forest. The falls are named for a legendary Cherokee girl who is said to have leaped from the top of the falls with her lover, either an Oconee brave, a white trader named Allan Francis, or a white silversmith named David Francis. In t…
Issaqueena Falls, near Walhalla, South Carolina, is a 100 ft high cascade waterfall in the Oconee District of the Sumter National Forest. The falls are named for a legendary Cherokee girl who is said to have leaped from the top of the falls with her lover, either an Oconee brave, a white trader named Allan Francis, or a white silversmith named David Francis. In the story, Issaqueena and her lover either die together or they land on a ledge out of sight of hostile tribesmen and eventually live happily ever after.
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