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Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Land of the Everlasting Hills

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  • iaeax Picnic cxro&nj THESE PICTURES GIVE FAINT CONCEPTION OF THE WONDERS OF INDIAN CAVE Famous Indian Cave, Near the Park ONE OF THE most interesting spots in the section adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is Indian Cave, 27 miles east of Knoxville and 5 miles from New Market, on the Holston river. Paved roads (highways Nos. 9 and 34) lead almost to the cave, the few remaining miles of road being graded and suited to travel by automobile. The cave may also be reached via Blaine, Tennessee, from highway No. 1. Pictures shown on these pages give faint conception of the wonders of famous Indian Cave, and, like much of the Smoky Mountains scenery, words fail in one's effort to describe it. This cave is not dangerous, as are some of the sandstone caves of other sections. The ceiling or "roof" is solid all the way back, and the trail is smooth. A complete inspection involves about two miles of walking, all underground. After passing through the entrance a big arched room is found, with a solid limestone ceiling at least seventy-five feet above. Grotesque formations are to be found throughout the cave. Among the first of these to be seen are those resembling the profile of an Indian head, a vicious wild boar, a large centuries have witnessed the process of formation fish and an eel. Next comes the
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