[NMCAVER] Fw: {wvacs} West Virginia's Organ Cave to appear on History Channel in April

[LEE STEVENS]

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Lee Stevens
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From: Ray Cole<mailto:K4GAA at arrl.net> 
Subject: Re: {wvacs} West Virginia's Organ Cave to appear on History Channel in April



> Organ Cave to appear on History Channel in April
> By Christian Giggenbach
> Register-Herald reporter
>
> Greenbrier County’s Organ Cave, the second-longest commercial cave on 
> the East Coast and the site many regard as the birthplace of American 
> paleontology, will be featured next month on the History Channel’s 
> “Cities of the Underworld.”
>
> Owner Janie Morgan said History Channel film crews contacted her after 
> visiting the Web site www.organcave.com<http://www.organcave.com/> and learning about the unique 
> history of the cave. Thomas Jefferson presented the bones of the first 
> pre-historic three-toed sloth that were found in Organ Cave, Morgan 
> said, and evidence suggests Native Americans visited the cave as early 
> as 8000 B.C.
>
> “The film crews were inside the commercial section of the cave for 
> about 12 hours,” Morgan said Wednesday. “This was one of the nicest 
> camera crews we have had in here, and Don Wildman was a wonderful host.”
>
> The television series follows Wildman as he travels from country to 
> country and city to city uncovering archaeological and cultural 
> history beneath the streets around the world. Wildman has also 
> featured The Greenbrier Bunker on his show.
>
> Organ Cave is a Natural National Landmark and a National Historic 
> Landmark which features 300 feet of water, has a depth of 486 feet and 
> is more than 45 miles long. The cave takes its name from a huge 
> calcite formation found inside which resembles a church organ.
>
> The surrounding community is also called Organ Cave.
>
> http://www.register-herald.com/features/local_story_082211717.html?keyword=secondarystory<http://www.register-herald.com/features/local_story_082211717.html?keyword=secondarystory>
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