| Show MAMMOTH CAVE LONG FAMOUS his has been acknowledged one on of the th worlds world Won wonder dera practically sine since the year 1809 1009 the most famous cavern carem in america Is mammoth cave to in kentucky writes write Nik sah la in the chicago dally daily news mammoth cave was sin an old indian ret ref 1 uge and the story of redskin adaven tures tares Is written plain in the etona toas tomahawks and reed torches that have bar been found in the cavern depths depth then in 1809 1800 a white man a pioneer hunter followed a wounded bear into the mouth of the great cave and from that time on 31 mammoth ammoth cave became in american estimation the eighth wonder of the world almost as soon as the white man discovered the cavern he began toi make practical use of it long before bedora the era of indian possession bats had bad inhabited the cavern hills halls and in the tha course of time their skeletons bad ac cumulated on the floor especially near the entrance these skeletons containing onta ining nitrate played an important part in the war of 1812 for nitrate so needed for making explosives was scarce in the colonies and the mammoth cave became the malck mala source of supply when he country settled settled down to a period of comfortable prosperity mammoth cave became even more than it Is today a great show place of america Americ ii the cives caves history Is told in the names of th the various rooms and galleries jennylind jenny land an and other dother artists visited the cave and sang gang or played the alra airs that had made them camons in ole bulls concert hall or other cavern corridors in a room since silica named booths amphy amphitheater theater edwin booth was inspired to declaim some of the lines of hamlet before it a small and select audience |
