[PDF] Natural Bridge Caverns eBook

Author : Edgar W. Spencer
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2016-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780983747123

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The third edition of "Guidebook to the Natural Bridge and Natural Bridge Caverns" by E.W. Spencer in full color. Features include detailed walking guides to the unique natural features of the Bridge and Caverns with maps and photos. In addition, there are sections on the geological and social histories of the Natural Bridge.

Author : Ernst H. Kastning, Ph.D.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,94 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1467122386

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Natural Bridge, located in the historic Shenandoah Valley, is one of the most recognized and visited geologic landmarks in the country. The massive 90-foot-wide arch spans Cedar Creek, which runs 200 feet below. Legend says that George Washington, as a young land surveyor, carved his initials on its wall. In 1774, King George III granted ownership to Thomas Jefferson. Natural Bridge was often regarded as the Eighth Natural Wonder of the World during the 19th and 20th centuries. The site became a popular venue for events, ranging from conventions to the annual Easter Sunrise Service. Hotels, inns, and cottages were built to accommodate travelers, and on-site attractionsincluding a show cave, a wax museum, and a Monacan Indian villagebroadened visitor appeal. Natural Bridge remained privately owned until 2014, when the title was transferred, allowing it to become a state park; the bridge will now truly belong to the people, a concept that would have made Jefferson proud. -- Amazon.com.

Author : C. M. Woodruff
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9781970007114

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The Central Texas Hill Country--a region noted for the beauty of its landscapes and its rich cultural heritage--is one of the top tourist destinations in the state. Here, spring-fed streams cut limestone strata and reveal a wealth of natural treasures: perennial watercourses sustaining towering bald cypress trees below limestone bluffs, tributaries draining side canyons with hidden grottoes, and upland oak-juniper savannahs with caverns containing underground wonders. Although such destinations occur close to cities and towns adjacent to the Hill Country, notable geologic, biological, or cultural features of this region are often not recognized by those who live nearby or come to visit.This guidebook focuses on two spectacular geologic sites, Canyon Dam Spillway Gorge and Natural Bridge Caverns, both of which occupy the Balcones Fault Zone in Comal County between Austin and San Antonio (fig. 1). These sites provide contrasting views of the limestone terrains west of the Balcones Escarpment, the break in the land that cuts through Central Texas and marks the eastern edge of the Hill Country. Even though the two sites occupy roughly the same sequences of bedrock strata, all of Cretaceous age (table 1). The different processes that acted on these strata produced dramatically different landforms over disparate intervals of time. These contrasting hydrologic processes and time spans impart important geologic lessons about how landscapes evolve.

Author : Blair Pittman
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 32,23 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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"The text along with a hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs reveal the glories of Texas caves, "wild" as well as commercial, showing different types of cave formations, the creatures that live in them, and the people who explore them."--BOOK JACKET.