Mammoth Cave National Park
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Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Kentucky. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world. The park's 52,007 acr
Tourists inside the cave
The Bottomless Pit in Mammoth Cave, woodcut (1887)
The historic entrance at 37°11′14″N 86°06′13″W / 37.18722°N 86.10361°W / 37.18722; -86.10361
Stephen Bishop was an American cave explorer and self-taught geologist known for being one of the first people to explore and map Mammoth Cave in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Mammoth Cave has been reco
Mammoth Cave National Park
…as a tourist attraction, the bottom long having since fallen out of the saltpeter market. Gorin was a slave owner, and used his slaves as tour guides. Stephen Bishop was one of these slaves and would make a number of important contributions to human knowledge of the cave, becoming one of Mammoth Cave's most celebrated…
Drawing of Stephen Bishop (published in 1880s, not from life)
The Bottomless Pit at Mammoth Cave
Stephen Bishop's tombstone