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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Adjacent to Edmonson County, Kentucky
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| On Mammoth Cave Entrance Road. |
| | This cemetery, known as 'Old Guide's Cemetery,"
probably began as a slave cemetery. Others buried
here were early visitors to Mammoth Cave. They
share this resting place with cave guide Stephen
Bishop, who died in 1857 and is the only known . . . — — Map (db m107609) HM |
| On Mammoth Cave Entrance Road. |
| | "All of this offers
exceptional opportunity
for developimg a great
national recreational
park of outstanding
service in the very
heart of our nation's
densest population."
Southern Applachian National Parks Coommission
The . . . — — Map (db m107607) HM |
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During the first 50 years of Mammoth Cave tourism, much of Kentucky was considered the American West. The road leading to Mammoth Cave was sometimes as rugged as the primitive trails within it.
In 1859, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad . . . — — Map (db m79295) HM |
| On Old Mammoth Cave Road (at milepost 15), 1.2 miles north of Mammoth Cave Road (Kentucky Route 70), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Floyd Collins was first to explore Sand Cave. Fallen rock trapped him in narrow passage 150 ft. from entrance, Jan. 30, 1925. Rescuers reached him with food and heat for short time. Aid cut off by shifting earth closing passage. Engineers sank . . . — — Map (db m319) HM |
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The Mammoth Cave Railroad Company used four 04-2T-type “dummy” engines to pull cars along its branch line. Steam engines work by burning fuel to heat water to produce steam under high pressure.
The pressurized steam is then . . . — — Map (db m79296) HM |
| Near Mammoth Cave Parkway (Kentucky Route 70) 0.6 miles west of Kentucky Route 255. |
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Although the house is gone, the stone hearth remains – a silent reminder of the home that once stood here. It is not difficult to imagine a family enjoying the warmth of their fire as the steam engine of the Mammoth Cave Railroad rattled . . . — — Map (db m79294) HM |
| Near Mammoth Cave Parkway (Kentucky Route 70) 0.2 miles west of Kentucky Route 255. |
| | The Mammoth Cave Railroad didn’t wind through wilderness – once families, communities, and congregations called these hills home. An abandoned chimney, a foundation stone, or even a line of daffodils may mark an old homeplace. Among the most . . . — — Map (db m79292) HM |
| Near Mammoth Cave Parkway 3 miles north of Kentucky Route 70. |
| | Through the collective recognition of the community of nations expressed within the principles of the convention concerning protection of the world cultural and natural heritage Mammoth Cave National Park has been designated a World Heritage . . . — — Map (db m154996) HM |
| On Mammoth Cave Parkway (Kentucky Route 70) 2.4 miles west of Kentucky Route 225, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Long before the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park, the town of Glasgow Junction, now Park City, cooperated with the private owners of Mammoth Cave and other caves in the area in sharing this region with travelers. They were connected by . . . — — Map (db m154965) HM |
| | He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m71150) HM |
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Along this stretch of the Mammoth Cave Railroad, passengers looking out their small passenger coach were greeted with views of open fields. Then, the route of the Mammoth Cave Railroad was not through the forest, but through rural farmland.
For . . . — — Map (db m79298) HM |
| On Mammoth Cave Parkway 0.8 miles north of Kentucky Route 70, on the left when traveling north. |
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Most of Mammoth Cave National Park’s landscape is an upland plateau dissected by deep, dry valleys. Here, Doyle Valley posed a significant challenge to the Mammoth Cave Railroad.
In 1886 a trestle leveled the grade. Today the park roadway is . . . — — Map (db m79297) HM |
| Near Mammoth Cave Parkway (Kentucky Route 70) 0.5 miles west of Kentucky Route 255. |
| | Here along the Mammoth Cave Railroad and at the junction of two country roads, John Newton “Newt” France operated a country store in the 1920s. Here also starting in 1922 automobile travelers would have to make a choice. The main county . . . — — Map (db m79293) HM |
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