On Old Dixie Highway (State Highway 255) west of J. Brown Road, on the right when traveling east.
Erected by Wm. Bell, 1830. Stage stop for his lines that brought visitors to Mammoth Cave when first promoted. Famed in U.S. and Europe for elite patrons, cuisine and magic peach and honey brandy for “Joy before the journey’s end”, until . . . — — Map (db m96715) HM
Near Mammoth Cave Parkway (State Highway 255) 1.3 miles north of Interstate 65, on the right when traveling north.
On July 14, 1859, a slave was lowered into a pit discovered on the farm of Jesse Coats. He saw glistening calcite crystals that he thought were diamonds. The first public tour was made by a wedding party on August 19, 1859. Guidebooks were written . . . — — Map (db m96712) HM
Near Mammoth Cave Parkway (State Highway 255) 1.3 miles north of Interstate 65, on the right when traveling north.
A trip on the Mammoth Cave Railroad wasn’t comfortable, and it wasn’t posh. It was a means to an end, a destination most of its passengers anticipated with a mixture of excitement and foreboding — the caves.
They came by the . . . — — Map (db m96714) HM
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