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Lee Stevens ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Cole<mailto:k4...@arrl.net> Subject: Re: {wvacs} West Virginia's Organ Cave to appear on History Channel in April > Organ Cave to appear on History Channel in April > By Christian Giggenbach > Register-Herald reporter > > Greenbrier County’s Organ Cave, the second-longest commercial cave on > the East Coast and the site many regard as the birthplace of American > paleontology, will be featured next month on the History Channel’s > “Cities of the Underworld.” > > Owner Janie Morgan said History Channel film crews contacted her after > visiting the Web site www.organcave.com<http://www.organcave.com/> and > learning about the unique > history of the cave. Thomas Jefferson presented the bones of the first > pre-historic three-toed sloth that were found in Organ Cave, Morgan > said, and evidence suggests Native Americans visited the cave as early > as 8000 B.C. > > “The film crews were inside the commercial section of the cave for > about 12 hours,” Morgan said Wednesday. “This was one of the nicest > camera crews we have had in here, and Don Wildman was a wonderful host.” > > The television series follows Wildman as he travels from country to > country and city to city uncovering archaeological and cultural > history beneath the streets around the world. Wildman has also > featured The Greenbrier Bunker on his show. > > Organ Cave is a Natural National Landmark and a National Historic > Landmark which features 300 feet of water, has a depth of 486 feet and > is more than 45 miles long. The cave takes its name from a huge > calcite formation found inside which resembles a church organ. > > The surrounding community is also called Organ Cave. > > http://www.register-herald.com/features/local_story_082211717.html?keyword=secondarystory<http://www.register-herald.com/features/local_story_082211717.html?keyword=secondarystory> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "West Virginia Association for Cave Studies" group. > To post to this group, send email to > wv...@googlegroups.com<mailto:wv...@googlegroups.com> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wvacs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:wvacs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wvacs?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/wvacs?hl=en> > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- >
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