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Mammoth Cave National ParkSaltpetre mining ruins in Mammoth Cave. The apparatus was damaged in the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812.
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Mammoth Cave National Park
A Brief History of Mammoth Cave
 
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1. The Archaic Ones
2. Some Say the Bear Chased Houchins
3. The Settlers
4. … And Pass the Ammunition
5. The Great Shake-Up
6. Into the Valley of the Shadow of Death
7. Grand, Gloomy and Peculiar
8. Physician, Heal Thyself
9. Who Would Pay to See a Hole in the Ground?
10. Getting There is Half the Fun
11. Oh, Innkeeper!
12. Steel Rails
13. The German
14. Cave Wars
15. Not Black Gold, But Just As Good
16. I'm Trapped, and Trapped for Life
17. From Purgatory to Paradise
18. The National Park Idea
19. Action At Last
20. Another Day, Another Dollar
21. A New National Park
Locust Grove Cemetery
Places
Whether a sunlit glade or a gloomy chamber, Mammoth Cave's places speak volumes...
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Mules in Houchins Narrows
Collections
The park's collections have tales to tell.
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Tuberculosis Hut in Mammoth Cave  

Did You Know?
In 1841, cave owner Dr. John Croghan believed the cave air might cure his patients suffering from tuberculosis. He brought 16 patients into Mammoth Cave that winter and housed them in stone and wood huts. After some perished, they left the cave, for of course the cave air offered no cure.

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Last Updated: October 25, 2007 at 21:13 EST