Cadwallader Orchards is a outdoor historical museum and botanical garden.  Features include: two bridges, a waterfall, lake, running water, a rock gazebo built in 1913, apple and cherry orchards, and plenty of lush vegetation in the summer and beautiful fall foliage.  The "Cloud-Climbing Railroad" ran through the middle of the property until the 1940's, and the Old Apple Barn (gift shop and bistro) next door was once the old Apple Cooperative building for local orchards. That is all breathtaking to photograph.
The Cadwallader family has had a long history with this area, dedicated to the land,  the people and the community.  Edgar F. Cadwallader named the area Mountain Park when he and his family moved here in 1902.  With a history as a nurseryman prior to leaving Louisville, Kansas in the late 1800's, he brought a variety of trees to the farm that are not normally found in the area.  Umbrella-like Linden trees, a huge buckeye, and American elms provide cooling shade in the summer and brilliant yellow "leaf sunshine" in the fall.  He even supplied Alamogordo with cottonwood trees for Alameda Park.  The original home, built in 1906, is still standing.