The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-08
From Evansville to Mammoth Cave
A GREEN RIVER JAUNT.
CROPS, STYLES. Etc.
MAMMOTH CAVE HOTEL,
Wadnaadau A NO 3 1871

MAMMOTH CAVE HOTEL,
Wednesday. Aug. B, 1870.
A trip to Mammoth Cave via Green
River, and especially on the steamer
Evansville" is one of the most
pleasant to be thought of. You have
one whole day and two nights. which
gives you enough Of steamboat riding
to satisfy you. and enables you to see
all Of the most interesting portions of
Green River aud part of Barren
River. These two rivers are full Of
interest. Narrow and deep, the boat
has no trouble in getting along. You
1--we we'll, and find sl: the officers cour-
teous aud polite, which is big
thing" in travelling.
We were not faVorably struck with
any Of the towns on the way. They
all looked dilapidated; none of
them. if we except Rumsey and
Calhoun, composed of more than
half dozen houses. aud they old,
unpainted, and none too good at best.
We confess to little surprise at these
towns, as from the amount of busl-
done on Green River, we expected to
find the principal towns large and
hourishing.
The crops in that part of Kentucky
we're never better than this year.
Corn looks fne, and tobacco will be
the best for many seasons.
We passed up the lower part OF the
river on election day. We found
that everything had gone of quietly,
those negroes voting who wanted 10,
without molestation.
We did not think much of Bowling
Green. Perhaps We expected too
much, however. We had always
heard it spoken of as a we'll built and
very large city. 1t will not exceed
ten thousand If it reaches eight
thousand, and there are few, If
any, fne residences. They have
a fine new Court House, and one or
two new residences that are striking,
but outside of these we saw no build
ings that are better than ordinary.
We found the town a mile and a
quarter from the river, and a very
/ muddy road to travel to get to it.
Stopped and breakfasted at tolerably
good new hotel, rode the mile and a
quarter from the river, and were de-
/ livered at the depot-three of US
and the charge was 81 so. So one
thing can be said of the toWn-they
don't gogue." Bowling Green has a
fine reservoir on top of the hill back
of town, their Water Works COM
| pleted, and all that trouble over
i with.
1t is twenty miles from Bowling
i Green to Glasgow junction, where
YOU take the stage Tor Mammoth
Gave; and as you have good accom-
modations at Glasgow, and a chear
and comfortable ride to the Gave.
don't see why the trip amt Just as in
teresting, with less expense, than
visiting some of the more noted Sum
mer resorts. There is just as much
style here, as at any of the others
and certainly as much to see, as a triu
through the Cave is quite as interest
ing as Niagara, MInnehaha. or st,
Anthony. We found the house
full to overhowing," but, like an
omnibus, we found room for one
more" We found the house full
Of women, and, by the way
did you ever go any splace where
you didn't find Women-women of al
ages, big and little, pretty and ugly
/ never did. There were women Oh
the Evansville when we started, anC
they got on and off at every landing
between Evansville and Bowlinl
Green, at all times of the night ant
day. They are always on the pad,
! as some one has said. But if yoI
I want to see woman In her loveliness
} see them as they enter the Mammotl
: Gave. In the picturesque garb o
breeches and short petticoats," il
all fancy colors. and trimmed in al
the colors of the rainbow. / do YER
lily believe we will see women in th,
bad place, if we are ever SO unluck-
J as to get there. l hope the ladie
] won't think mean anything b
/ this. / merely mention il because
/ comes in the way.
{ Isn't it singular how little hote
, clerks know about things transpirin
: about home. / mean these - oil,
, stagers." l am led to these remark
by trying to find out from the clerk
: at Bowling Green which was the bes