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StateOfTheOzarks.net® is an affiliate of Lucky13Studios at JoshuaHeston.com®
Copy and/or use of any portion of this site for commercial reasons without written consent is expressly prohibited. ® Joshua Heston 2007
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It seems to be a realm of mystery. There are caverns penetrating the hills from which quaint echoes resound like voices from the past.
— D.N. Danner, Whitebreast Township, Iowa; August, 1923 |
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| 12/31/06 Photo credit, J. Heston. Location: wilderness area northwest of Branson, Missouri |
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Missouri, also known as the "Cave State," has more than 4,500 known caves, more than any other state. Most of these caves, defined as cavities beneath the earth's surface large enough for human entry, were formed when rainwater percolated into the ground, dissolving the limestone and dolomite rocks.
— excerpted from the Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City, Missouri |
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"Every cave in the Ozarks has two or three names, because one group of folks will come by and name it, and move on, and the next folks to come along give it a different name. One of the prettiest waterfalls in a cave is Eden Falls in Eden Cave at Lost Valley. But there are others, too. One of the biggest caves ever used for dancing is at Bella Vista, Arkansas; there was a speakeasy there during Prohibition. But other caves were used as dancing halls as well.
"One cave was called Faralone Cave...."
— excerpted from Young, Richard & Judy Dockrey, Ozark Ghost Stories, August House Publishers Inc., 1995. |
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