Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-31
LEGENDS ABOUND IN CAVERNS
ALONG SUSQUEF1ANlNA TRAIL
Tales of Indian Folk Lore and American
Robin Hood" Interest Tourists
to Caves.

Visitors, after reaching the rear of
the cave, are taken out through an
artificial tunnel, over lake and back
through the cave again to the entrance.
There are spacious grounds for pic
nicking and camping at the disposal OF
visitors.
The six rooms and their connecting
tunnels make Woodward (Red Panther)
Cave one of the largest dry caves in
Pennsylvania. These tunnels for the
most part are low and narrow, with
the rooms varying in size, the larger
being 100 feet or more in their longer
dimensions.
Formations Varied.
The formations are varied and in
tereSting, the much photographed
Lions Head" being extraordinarily
lifelike. One of the rooms contains a
really magnificent display of stalactites,
which have been named the Hanging
mites are the Tower of Babel" and the
slim pillar of Salt The latter is
or feet high and not more than 6
inches at its thickest point.
A strange Robin Hood who roamed
the forests of Pennsylvania Is wildly
recalled to tourists who visit the his
toric Indian cave in the Sphuce Greek
Valley.
Davie Lewis, famous in the early
nineteenth century for his activities as
an equalizer" as he was self-Styled,
was the leader of a band Of highway
mer who we're active in the entire u.s.
making the Indian cave their head
quarters. In 1920 the robber Lewis
died in the Bellefonte Jail.
Some of the finest of Indian arti-
facts have been found here. They re-
veal that it was a favorite gathering
place for Indians of the Iroquoian and
Algonkian tribes before they came into
contact with the white man. The relic
room of the cave contains all of the
relics which have been unearthed, with
the exception of few in the Carnegie
Museum at Pittsburgh and in the State
Museum at Harrisburg.
Alexander Caverns.
just a few miles northwest of the
famous William Penn Highway (U. S.
22) and located on State Route 972 the
traveller will penetrate the beautiful
wooded hills of c trail Pennsylvania
and come to the Alexander Caverns.
The actual trip through them takes
about an hour and quarter, and guides
are available at any hour of the day.
Each chamber Is electrically lighted, the
walks are clean and dry, the passage
ways comfortably large, and the entire
trip is made without inconvenience or
discomfort.
OF particular interest are the boat
rides through the water sections of the
caverns. These large, comfortable out
board motor boats convey the cavern
guests in safety and comfort over the
crystal-clear stream that permeates the
heart of the caverns, and the guides
then unfold still more wonders and
mute evidence in stone of the workings
of nature through the ages, formed
into beautiful creations resembling
"Fairyland"
Washington motorists who would like
to visit some or all of the caves can
obtain information from the Williams
port Chamber of Commerce. In addi-
ton copy of the SuSquehanna Trail
booklet, which describes the famous
Trail, running from Wash
ington through Harrisburg and Will
Transport to Niagara Falls and Canada,
will be mailed to all who write to the
Chamber of Commerce, Desk 6-B, VIII
Transport, Pa.