Again, this is taken from the book _Archeological Investigations_, published by the Smithsonian Institute in 1922. We're moving to Barren County caves this week: PAYNE CAVE. This is better known today as Saltpeter Cave near Temple Hill, 9 miles SE of Glasgow..It is located in a bluff above Skaggs Creek. There are 3 entrances about 100 ft apart. Each entrance is broken into 3-4 columns, the entrances are not large. BEN SMITH'S CAVE: Hunters discovered this cave while looking for a fox den. It's tunnel shaped, not more than 6 feet high or wide, not suitable for habitation. This is located 1 1/2 mile south of Temple Hill. FORD'S CAVE: Located between Freedom and Mount Hermon & about 14 miles southeast of Glasgow. The original entrance was about 8 feet high and 20 ft. wide and 60 ft. long. The floor, earthen and level - large enough for people to move around. That entrance is now closed artificially by earth and stone except for 4 ft square where a door is hung. Older men claim they can remember when the floor was 20 feet lower than at present but seems to be an impossibility as this would be lower than the bed of Mill Creek which runs in front of the cave. The same men said there was saltpetre mining there. There is a spring just inside the entrance. This would have been an excellent residence for aboriginal people. THE ESMITH CAVES: These are 2 caves on Peters Creek near the Dry Fork post office, 14 miles southeast of Glasgow and would not have been well suited for shelter. The smallest one is not more than a foot high from floor to roof and fills with flood water after every heavy rain. The larger cave is above flood line but the entrance is about 2 feet high. If the floor was cleared off 4 feet deep it would be covered with water. BONE CAVE: Five miles east of Glasgow where human bones were found. At the time of the book's writing, no further information was known. The cave is on a hillside and entered by going through a narrow crevice using a ladder. There was a mound of rocks and trash and from there the ground goes continuously downward into darkness. The writer says that if human bones were found here he thinks they were thrown in or someone fell and was unable to escape. SLICK ROCK CAVE: Near the post office of Slick Rock, 7 miles east of Glasgow. A narrow crevice marks the entrance at the brow of a low hill. Descent is steep and rugged - and dark. LOVE'S CAVE: On Dr. Love's farm, 3 miles north of Slick Rock. Now used (in 1922) for storing apples and potatoes. The entrance is a large sink hole formed by the falling in of the roof which was at least 50 feet wide. Debris has block the cave in one direction. Descent is steep; floor is wet and muddy the entire year. Now - I have a question for the readers who are from Barren Co. Where was the Potato Cave that Franklin Gorin spoke of in Times of Long Ago? Next week - Monroe Co. - the last of the counties I'll cover. Sandi -- Colonel Sandi Gorin Website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com