The cave mentioned in that 1840 newspaper article in NSS Bulletin 10 is not Austin Caverns, which is indeed north of the river and near Lake Austin. There was a mistake made by the author and the 1840 newspaper article is actually describing Bandit Cave in south Austin.
Jerry Atkinson. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 15, 2014, at 6:57 PM, David via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Bill's post mentioned something about the cave being in the hills. > > My fuzzy recollection of the neighborhood of the cave I was in was in an area > that was flat by Austin standards, whereas "across the river" as the report > stated is where the hills are. > > I only know 2 cavers that know where the storm sewer entrance is, and I > presumed everybody in Austin knew exactly where it was. > > Maybe I am thinking of a different cave ? > > David Locklear > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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