Cumberland Caverns
By: Larry E. Matthews.
Contributors: G. Thomas Rea, Editor
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Greyhound Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cloverdale, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780966354720
Subjects: Cumberland Caverns (Tenn.) -- History
First sentence: At 28 miles, Cumberland Caverns is the largest cave in Tennessee and one of the larger known caves in the world.
Description: This book is the definitive history of Cumberland Caverns, the longest surveyed commercial cave in Tennessee and the second lonest surveyed cave in Tennessee.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Higgenbotham Cave
pagenum: 9; label: 2
title: Henshaw Cave
pagenum: 11; label: 3
title: Saltpeter Mining
pagenum: 15; label: 4
title: Faint Hill
pagenum: 19; label: 5
title: Shelah Waters
pagenum: 29; label: 6
title: Thomas L. Bailey
pagenum: 35; label: 7
title: The Monument Pillar
pagenum: 37; label: 8
title: The Upper Level
pagenum: 45; label: 9
title: Balls Pit
pagenum: 49; label: 10
title: The Onyx Curtain
pagenum: 55; label: 11
title: A Yankee From Indiana
pagenum: 63; label: 12
title: Roy Davis -- Stay Out !
pagenum: 67; label: 13
title: The Meatgrinder
pagenum: 69; label: 14
title: The Great Extension
pagenum: 71; label: 15
title: Gypsum Road
pagenum: 77; label: 16
title: Pitiful Pits
pagenum: 83; label: 17
title: Cumberland Caverns
pagenum: 85; label: 18
title: Flight to the South
pagenum: 95; label: 19
title: Dishpan Alley
pagenum: 97; label: 20
title: Dear Mr. Davis
pagenum: 101; label: 21
title: The Ghost in Cumberland Caverns
pagenum: 103; label: 22
title: The Northwest Passage
pagenum: 105; label: 23
title: The Tale of the Tape
pagenum: 111; label: 24
title: The Discovery of 1976
pagenum: 123; label: 25
title: Epilogue
pagenum: 127