

A DOOR TO THE UNDERWORLD OF KENTUCKY 



This yawning black mouth is the only known entrance to the Mammoth Cave. In 1811, so the 

 story goes, while this opening was still almost choked with fallen trees and rocky debris, a hunter named 

 Hutchins, in an exciting chase after a bear, followed the animal into a small hole among the rocks, dis- 

 covering for the world this famous cavern 



