The Early History of Pendleton [W. Va.] County Caves
1760-1860
The book, The caves and Karst of Pendleton County, by George
Dasher, contains a chapter on the early history of this West Virginia county’s many saltpeter
caves. The chapter, titled “The Early
History of Pendleton County Caves 1760-1860” is 17 pages long and was written
by John C. Taylor of Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky.
The chapter is available as a downloadable PDF file
here (206 Kbytes). It is available with the
permission of George Dasher, John Taylor, and the book's publisher, the West Virginia
Speleological Survey.
Printed copies of The Caves and Karst of Pendleton County
are available for purchase from the West Virginia Speleological Survey
(WVASS). Additional information on this and other WVASS
publications is available on the WVASS Web site at www.WVASS.org/publications.html.
Last
updated or validated on November 11, 2020