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Ohio Caverns is a show cave located 30 miles (48 km) from Dayton, Ohio near West Liberty, in Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio in the United States.A popular tourist destination and member of the National Caving Association, it is the largest of all the cave systems in Ohio and contains many crystal formations.
In 1931, Don Bell, a lawyer from Bellevue, discovered a series of passageways and rooms in the cave which led to an underground river, called Ole' Mist'ry River, which is part of the vast groundwater system that underlies the surrounding region. After two and a half years of improvement effort, the cave was renamed Seneca Caverns and opened to ...
Ohio Caverns; Olentangy Indian Caverns; S. Seneca Caverns (Ohio) Z. Zane Shawnee Caverns This page was last edited on 17 December 2016, at 05:28 (UTC). Text is ...
The caverns were formed millions of years ago by dissolution of limestone from an underground river. The caverns are believed to have been used by the Wyandotte Indians. The Caverns were rediscovered in 1821 by J.M. Adams, a nearby camper, who was a member of a wagon train. He carved his initials in the entrance, where they can still be seen ...
Tourist attractions in Ohio by county (85 C) ... Caves of Ohio (6 P) Convention centers in Ohio (20 P) Covered bridges in Ohio (2 C, 39 P) F. Festivals in Ohio (4 C ...
The caverns were named the Zane Caverns, after the nearby village of Zanesfield. The caverns were operated privately as a show cave throughout most of the 20th century. [2] Photo of wall map in gift shop. In 1996, the Shawnee Nation, URB, an unrecognized tribe who claim Shawnee descent, purchased the caverns and surrounding land. They renamed ...
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Mary Campbell Cave. Note the woman at the far end of the cave, for scale. Mary Campbell Cave, also known as Old Maid's Kitchen, is a small secondary rock shelter in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The cliff and cave roof are sandstone of the Sharon Formation, while the cave wall is shale of the Meadville formation. The cavity in the cliff was formed when ...