:i*IS Fniiil: ('arncy 



fiirtlicr .'i.|);M-i on lli(^ iiorilicni si(l(> of Dohiwaro fouiity. 'Vhc 

 Olciilnii^y iinilcs with tlu> innjor sircain at Columbus, whihi tlu; 

 Allen and liij; Walnut (u-ccks come (o^cllicr near Grovoport, 

 and ;i short dis(.an(i(^ south, join the Scioto. 'I'his arraiip;oin(nit of 

 pjirnllcl s( rcnjiis inny rcprcscnl. an inluMilancc; from tlu; excessive 

 draiii;i|i;e of (he innnediato ic(vfroni. 'IMio Scioto occupies a wide 

 |)re^l:ici;d l);isin; and as tiu^ ice sheet assumed new retreatal 

 positions, th(^ drain;iji;e from (|uit(>. a, distances alonji; its front 

 centered toward the axis of this l);isin. VVhen(>V(>i' the ice main- 

 tained ;i fairly stntionary position, buildinj; up a, conspicuous 

 moraine, ;is it did in lh(>. vicinity of Worlhin^ton north of ( 'olum- 

 l)us, ^re.'d xolumes of wnter (lowed southward from (he moraine. 



Soudi of ('ohiml)us on the wes(, (he Scio(() receives Darby 

 creek from Lo}:;an coiudy and Pain(: ci'cek from JVla-dison counly. 

 There are sex'eral oilier smaller s( reams (hat drain (he weslcrn 

 side of (he Sciolo's basin. J'^i-om (he eas(- (he Scioto r(>ceiv(>s bul 

 two bi'anches of much l(Mi}i;th: Walnut cr(>(>k i-ises in I*'aii'(ield 

 counly, arid SaJl: creek has ti'ibulai'ies rea.chiii<;- iido Hocking, 

 Vin(()ii and .Ia('l<son counlies. 



The lower coui'se of (he Sciolo is rock bound, the (channel 

 beinjiicut in (he Wavei'ly saiidstoiu^. Its fall oven from Columbus 

 (o (he Ohio is nol- iyycid, about '200 f(M>t in 90 miles. Tli(> Ohio 

 canal follows (he Sciolo (o Lockbourno. 



The barbed paKcrii formed by (he S(^io(o and i(s tributaries 

 is (he bes(^ example of normal ri\'er arrangement in Ohio. When 

 a (ril)u(ai'y joins i(s major, (he smallei' aii^le made should b(> on 

 the upslreani side; (his forms (he barbed paderii. If you examine 

 (tie reIa(io!ishi|) be(ween major and Ifibulary sd'eanis (hi'ou}:;liout 

 Ohio, you will nolc how nearly (he Sciolo l)asin confoi'in.s (o (he 

 bai'bed arran,ii;eiiieii( , 



He(ween (he mouth of the Sciolo and (he mouth of the Hocking' 

 river, the Ohio receivers V(M\v few tributaries, and allot (hese are 

 small. The iii'st one ups(r(>am is called the Little Scioto; its 

 draiiKige basin extends across Sciolo coun(y, and includ(\s the 

 sou(hw(>s(('rii par(. of Jackson couidy. Anotherof (hese s(r(>ams, 

 Symnies cre(>k, has its sourc(> in .lackson county, and (lows south- 

 ward lhrou,i;h ( lallia and Lawi'(Mice counties; it cross(>s an irr(^<2;ular 

 country, a r(\ii;ioii of Pennsylxaiiian sandstones antl conji;lomei'ates. 

 The Haccoon ci-(>ek, t h(> lai'i;est of t hes(» tributaries, rises in Hock- 

 ini; countv, and Hows dii-ec(lv south (hrouj2;]i Clinton and Callia 



