Crawford County IN Archives History - Businesses .....Leavenworth And Wyandotte Cave 1868
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Book Title: H. C. Chandler & Co.'s Business Directory For Indiana

LEAVENWORTH.

The capital of Crawford county, on the Ohio river, one mile below the mouth of
Blue river, and sixty miles below Louisville, Kentucky. It is situated in a
fertile and healthy portion of the State, and does a large business in grain and
produce. It has several fine churches, excellent schools, several manufacturing
establishments, stores, shops, etc. Population 800. Leavenworth is the river
town for the celebrated Wyandotte Cave, only five miles distant.

WYANDOTTE CAVE.

  Wyandotte Cave is situated in Crawford county, on the Big Blue river, five
miles from the Ohio river, and is considered one of the grandest geological
phenomena in the United States. It remained in an unexplored state until 1850,
except by the Indians, and derives its name from a tribe supposed to have
occupied that portion of the State in an early day, but subsequently driven away
by a hostile tribe. The Government took possession of it in 1812, and
established a saltpeter manufactory there, which was abandoned after the close
of the war with England. About the year 1818, Mr. H. P. Rothrock purchased the
land, at $1 25 per acre, principally for the timber, attaching no value or
significance to the cave, of which but little was then known, except the part
known as the old cave. About the year 1850, a party discovered the scuttle or
main entrance to the most important part. The news rapidly spread, but for some
time was but little credited; but the facts soon began to develop themselves,
and eventually led to the discovery of about nineteen miles of the great
subterranean passage. The origin of these great caverns is a subject difficult
to understand, and as yet has never been fully ascertained, though they are
generally believed to have originated from the effect of streams of water
passing under the surface of the earth. While such is the most reasonable
conclusion, all is conjecture. Wyandotte Cave, in its beauty and grandeur, is
thought by many to equal if not surpass Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. The outward
surroundings are almost in a state of nature, rendering it beautiful and
attractive to the pleasure seeker, and the interior is one which will admit of
time and study. It is arranged into some of the most spacious halls, monuments
and grotesque apartments the eye ever beheld. Monument Mountain, situated four
and a half miles from the entrance is said to be 175 feet high with a dome 70
feet, wrought as if by the most skilled artist and Pillared Palace is one of the
most; delightful and interesting places in the cave. It is from five to six feet
high, forty feet wide, and several hundred yards long, and its ceiling is a
complete fringe work of stalactites, which sparkle as if they were so many
diamonds, while the floor is thickly set with stalagmites, many of which unite
with the former, and form the grand pillars through the palace. There are many
other points of equal importance and interest, but space will not admit of our
detailing them in this work. We can only bespeak for those who desire to visit
Wyandotte Cave, and see the wonders as well as thebeauties of this grand
geological problem, a visit of profit and pleasure. Persons visiting the Cave
will find an efficient guide always ready to wait upon them, and Mr. Rothrock to
cater for the wants of the inner. man, and furnish a comfortable home while there.

Agricultural Implements.
Long Joseph 
Smith David

Attorneys.
McCallister J J
Landram J S
WOODBURY & PECKINPAUGH

Blacksmiths.
Long Josiah 
Smith David

Boat Builders.
Bell J 
Sauerheber J

Boots and Shoes.
Kendall A 
Kehrer C 
Odell P H

Cabinet Makers.
Conrad H W
Morgan N N

Carpenters and Builders.
Beers Andrew 
Beers E M 
Clark J A

Claim Agents.
McCallister J J
Landram J S
WOODBURY & PECKINPAUGH

Clothing.
Bentz J

Coal Dealer.
Smith David

Drugs and Medicines.
Caldwell & Carnes 
Thornbury J H

Dentist.
Tucker W P

Furniture.
Conrad H W

General Stores.
Caldwell & Carnes
Baker J N
Robinson J B
Lyon & Whitten
Lyon J A & Co
Mansfield & Co
McCULLUM, SANDS & CO,

Harness and Saddles,
Ellsworth W M

Hotels.
Onerbacker House
WYANDOTTE HOTEL, H W & H A Rothrock, prop

Justice of the Peace,
Ward A W

Lime Dealer.
Paxton J

Livery Stables,
Humphrey G
Rothrock Wash

Lumber Dealer,
Everdon W P

Meat Market
Kammerer Fred

Millers, 
Byerly & Williams

Milliners.
Breeden Mrs M 
Jenkins Mrs M 
Sibert Mrs A

News Dealer,
Ellsworth C R

Notaries Public,
McCollister J J 
PECKINPAUGH W H

Painter,
Callahan James M

Physicians.
Collins J R 
Hawn E R 
Kelso J S B

Postmaster.
Ellsworth W M

Restaurant,
Wilbur Jacob

Shoemakers.
Kendall A 
Kehrer C 
Odell P H

Stoves and Tinware
Kendall W H

Tailor,
Bentz J

Wagonmaker.
Price Volney


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pp. 574-576

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