Monday, February 4, 2008

Explore the Meramec Caverns - St. Louis, MO

Take a guided tour past jewel-like mineral formations at Meramec Caverns, the oldest attraction on Route 66 in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains southwest of St. Louis. After the cave sheltered Native American tribes the French colonial miners and Civil War garrisons used the cave’s natural minerals to manufacture gunpowder, and outlaw Jesse James is said to have hidden both men and horses in the dark passages in the 1870s. Legend also says the cave was a stop on the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves. Don’t miss the Stage Curtain, the largest single cave formation in the world, and the Underground River.


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