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Marengo Cave is located in Marengo, Indiana. One of only four show caves in Indiana, public tours of the cave have been given since 1883. Tours commenced just days after the cave's discovery by two school children. The cave was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1984. ==The Discovery== Marengo Cave was discovered September 6, 1883. There are many early descriptions〔Marengo Cavern by H.C. Hovey in Scientific American, Cambridge City Tribune, Cambridge City, Indiana, Thursday, December 27, 1883, Page 4.〕〔An early description of Marengo Cave, Annual Report by Indiana Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources, 1897, Volume 21, page 144-149.〕 and some confusion about the date and the story how the cave was discovered.〔(Marengo Cave National Landmark )〕 "When Orris was hiking in the woods along Cave Spring Creek with his sister, Blanche, and they stumbled into a sink hole, situated in a thick woods and undergrowth of vines and ferns. Orris let himself get down in the hole enough to see that an opening and darkness extended to an unknown depth. The word was spread in a few days and the next Sunday a group of larger boys let themselves down into a large cave, with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites." (August 28, 1973 as told by his son Thomas C. Hiestand).〔Hoosier Farmer by Indiana Farm Bureau, issued August, 1919. Marengo Cave (Crawford Co.) discovered and entered by Orris S. Hiestand and sister, 1883.〕〔(Orris S. Hiestand's Tombstone )〕 "Anniversaries and Memorial Crawford County - Marking the discovery in 1883 of Marengo Cave, one of the largest caves in Indiana, by Blanche and Orris Hiestand, a bronze marker commemorating the event was placed inside the cave on Sunday, December 8, by Mrs. Kate White, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. James Tinkler, of Georgetown sisters of the Hiestands." 〔Indiana History Bulletin, by Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Historical Commission, Indiana Historical Society, 1947, page 24.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marengo Cave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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