Showing posts with label Lost River Cave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lost River Cave. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2008

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Monday, July 16, 2007

Lost River Cave's Civil War Reenactment

[Fort Burnham, Va. Encampment and earthworks].

I went to the Lost River Cave Civil War Reenactment yesterday. Boy, did I ever jump when the cannons went off!

This photo and the title are from the American Memory government archives at:

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cwar:12:./temp/~ammem_pwLg:T17:

A press release about it:
http://kentucky.gov/Newsroom/travel/lostrivercavereenactment.htm

Here is a slideshow about the cave:
http://www.bgdailynews.com/multimedia2/27lostriver20070406/index.html

It was great. There were women there in hoop skirts, metal workers, tents set up (much like the photo), and troops marching and shooting rifles.

I'm glad I dragged Rickey there. It was fun. AND the gift shop is great. Do you know that there is a sluice set up outside where you can "pan" for precious stones? Also, a bridge has been set up that spans the valley.

They have done a GREAT job improving Lost River Cave. Next time I hope to take the boat ride and see the butterflies, too.