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Longhorn
caverns has been in use for many years and is rich with history.
The first people to use the cave were the Comanche Indians, who used
a chamber, in the cave, as a council site. In the 1800's Sam
Bass, an outlaw, made his hideout in the cave.
During the Civil War, the Confederate Army used the cave as a
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gun
powder manufacturing and storage. The cave was also used as a
dance hall and a place of worship by a local church. Finally in
the 1930's the cave was opened for tours.
The cave entrance is very near the ticket building. A short walk
down a flight of stairs, pictured at right, and one finds
themselves at the cave entrance. The tour guide meets |
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the
group at the gate to begin the tour.
Once inside the cave the evidence of geological processes shows
one that an underground river once flowed through the area
creating smoothly carved limestone. Interesting enough, where
other show caves in Texas are in Cretaceous limestone, |
Longhorn
is in Paleozoic limestone.
This cave is filled with walls covered with calcite crystals.
Some of the crystals are quite large and beautiful. |
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