Big Bone Cave
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Civil-war era saltpeter vat in Big Bone Cave
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Location | Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States |
Length | 9.627 m (15.494 km) |
Discovery | c. 1810 |
Geology | Monteagle Limestone |
Entrances | 2 |
List of entrances |
Main Entrance, Arch Cave Entrance (collapsed) |
Hazards | histoplasmosis |
Access | restricted |
Big Bone Cave
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Location | Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States |
Nearest city | Bone Cave, Tennessee |
NRHP Reference # | 73001853 |
Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
Big Bone Cave is a cave located in Van Buren County, Tennessee, in the community of Bone Cave. It is notable both for its history and current recreational use. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a 334-acre (1.4 km2) State Natural Area[1] managed by Rock Island State Park. It is named for the discovery of the bones of a giant ground sloth in 1811. The cave was operated as a saltpeter mine, notably during the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. A variety of natural remains and human artifacts has been well preserved in the dry atmosphere of the cave. The cave is the 7th longest mapped cave in Tennessee.
Big Bone Cave lent its name to the surrounding community of Bone Cave, Tennessee.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Big Bone Cave Natural Area
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Further reading
- Smyre, John L. and Zawislak, Ronald L., (2007) Big Bone and the Caves of Bone Cave Mountain , Rocky River Press, Rock Island Tennessee ISBN 978-0-9779471-0-2 ISBN 0-9779471-0-6
- Matthews, Larry E. (2006) Big Bone Cave, National Speleological Society ISBN 1-879961-24-5
- Barr, Thomas C., Jr., "Caves Of Tennessee", Bulletin 64 of the Tennessee Division of Geology, 1961. See pages 451-460.
External links
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- Pages with broken file links
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- Caves of Tennessee
- Wild caves
- National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee
- State parks of Tennessee
- Protected areas of Van Buren County, Tennessee
- Landforms of Van Buren County, Tennessee