Thanks for.sharing your story. It reminded me of another outing Cliff and I did called the Journey to Ice Mountain where ice can be found year round most years. I have a video of it too! Thanks for the sub.

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives did you see red bricks in the tunnel?

Sweet Memories! It’s such a Blessing that y’all can still get out and about.😊 I’m jealous!♥️

That was sweet. Bless you.

Thanks and cheers!

Wow thanks!

Yep....probably not. I barely got in there and panic was about to set in when I felt the rock on my back and my stomach was as close to the ground as I could get....and it's angled down.

You are so welcome

Thanks so much!!

Thats not a mountain.. its a pre flood structure.. and you found an entrance..

Thanks so much

I agree. The music added to the adventure. So many ppl use music that distracts from their videos or you can't hear the narration.

Thanks Rik....blessings brother.

Glad you enjoyed it

We looked for another opening. One may have existed in times past.....or is covered by debris and unknown to us.

You are very welcome. Their graffitti is now history too.

Thanks David for the info.

Hey thanks for this information. There were a number of names with NSS beside them, and we wondered what this meant. This is really cool history. The graffitti is now history too.

Thank you for sharing the information you found about NSS. Our Daddy used to take us to visit caves here in northern California. I remember one was frozen inside.

I think some spelling needs correction here. I know these small keyboards are a pain in the glass.

Hey Allen thanks...were you able to check out Cliff's video of the exploration too?

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I haven't, what's cliffs channels name?

@@trainman1209 sorry for my slow reply. I just saw your comment about the misspellings and grammar. I took a minute and corrected them. Thanks

I definitely need a Thru Light be man, even the very smallest ones are like $200

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks Lori.

Thank you and I hope you enjoy them. I have other caving videos, adventure videos history and metal detecting videos. Have a great day

You are so welcome....claustrophobia is legit.

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives :I fully admit. I am a creature of earth, with bee and horse totems, but I was not made to earthworm. I respect it though, and have often wished I was braver in this regard. I just know I do not belong there, so just briefly visit when I get up enough courage.. I adore holes in the ground, the prospect of adventure... But I know better, because I do not belong there. I was at a siphon cave in Kentucky about ten years ago and stopped halfway. Had a WONDERFUL time learning about an estuary pond only a foot deep. The rest of the exploration party used me as the guidepost to the way out. They made gentle fun of me, and I had a wonderful day. I just know I am not meant to die in a rock tube only thirty feet from freedom. Don't relish water over me head either, but still want to explore under water. I think I'm just lucky to still be alive.

Thanks Karen. I've never been to those amazing caves. I have spent many weekends at Carter Caves State Park in KY and have crawled through some crazy places....

Yes it was! Freezing cold....LOL

Glad you liked it!

Glad you enjoyed

Thank you

Hey Steve yep he just finished his Freshman year of Engineering and he's already off to work for the summer....it saddens me how fast it went but I have this adventure with him I can always look back to with fondness.

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives My youngest is in her thirties and lives and works in New York City. I miss her a lot but they have their own lives now. I still have 4 that are still in East Tennessee.

That is awesome!

Many thanks! Several names in the cave from 1942 are from NSS, National Spelunking Society. This was one of the first caves they ever explored.

You should Google and see. Let me know.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Spicens....great to hear from you.....stay blessed.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Agreed, amazing how it opened up so quickly.

Maybe next time.....

Hey buddy this one was an epic outing.

Thanks Stormy.

Thanks a ton!

Thanks Gay.....did you go in too?

Yes I went in and I had to fight to do it. It did hel0 me learn to control my anxiety. We didn t know therenwerempilpdmfornthat back then. Lol. The kids thought it was funny. My youngest son had no fear what so ever of closed spaces or heights. Also the dark. His older brother had a fear of heights and the dark so my youngest son would always take him by the hand and say come on ain't nothing going to get you. My daughter never acted afraid of any if those places. She was like who cares. Its funny how 3 kids from the same parents can be so different.

I went into the caves in Hannibal Missouri where the story is based from. They do tours of the caves there and they run for miles underground. I read Tom Sawyer when I was a kid and I even went to the lighthouse which is in the story too.

I would bet so too....lots of caverns in that area.

Many thanks Nick!

Yep and why I couldn't tell the convict story or reveal where it is. Access is extremely difficult at best and the location of the hole is very hard to locate.

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a great first experience but I don't see myself going into it again. It could be a public venue...maybe the largest cavern I've ever been through, public or private.

Agreed. On order.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for that!

I cut the story out as the owner felt it would reveal where this cave was located because there was an old published article on the event. Local news is fine but they were concerned with this information getting out on the web, and I agreed. It was an interesting story....

Welcome aboard!

Definitely lots to explore in that place. Really hard to tell what discoveries might be revealed in some of those other passages.

Thanks for checking out my video and channel.

We did have rope in the backpacks but never used them. Now varmints is another issue especially Bear

Cliff and I have more caving adventures coming this summer. My cousins have another on their land we hope to explore soon.

There was Black Bear poo inside of this one.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Now that is a matter of faith....but I often wonder how so many die on top of each other without having rotted or dissolved over time.

Yes...and there were a number of them like that one.

Thanks Jeff. I have yet to buy a Thrunite but it is on the docket of things I want to buy. They are in the hundreds of dollars. The Sleestacks gave me nightmares.

I did not see water, and the hike up from the river would preclude that being a water source unless you had ropes and pulleys....LOL

Thanks I will check them out

Here's a KZfaq video of Frank Silver performing his most famous song on the Ed Sullivan Show in January 1956: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bc2SrNWnvLqWe4U.htmlsi=V5KUMS_xTrMguZxf Originally written in 1823, if it's the same Frank Silver in the cave, he'd have already had a hit with this song.

Very interesting....I know he was one of the founding members of NSS (National Spelunking Society). He and others from that group's names are in the cave and they were founded in 1941. The date of 1942 would indicate this was one of their first caves they explored. Until the video, none of us knew that either....all cool....