Trees encroach upon the winding road to Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park. As you cross a bridge, the forest opens into a valley and an expanse of bare dirt and boulders where the park campground once stood. Entering the park is a split reality, with a chain-link fence bordering heavy machinery at work on the left and an intact forest on the right.
Rebuilding the reservoir
Nearly two years after the Taum Sauk reservoir collapsed, investigations and legal wrangling have left the park — and the community — in limbo.
Saturday, August 18, 2007 | 2:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:49 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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