Stephen Bishop (1821-1857) was a slave who became internationally famous as a guide and explorer at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky in the 1840s and 50s. He made many sigificant discoveries and drew the first detailed map of Mammoth Cave, for which he recei ...
Posted Thursday, November 5th 2009 at 3:03PM
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A century before Mammoth Cave in Kentucky became a national park, it was already a popular tourist attraction. In those early years, the full extent of the cave's reach was unknown, as its passages had only been explored a few miles. That changed in ...
Posted Thursday, November 5th 2009 at 11:43AM
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