Mammoth Cave, Lincoln Birthplace, KY 1979

1979/09/29 - 1979/09/30

A trip to Kentucky and Tennessee, September-October 1979.
The main objective was to attend a course held by University of Tennessee Space Institute at Tullahoma Tennessee. Along with the course, I visited some places in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama.

9/29 LAX to Nashville, Mammoth Cave National Park
9/30 Mammoth Cave, Lincoln's Birthplace, Manchester
10/1 Manchester/Tullahoma
10/2 Manchester/Tullahoma
10/3 Jack Daniel Distillery, Huntsville, Manchester
10/4 Manchester/Tullahoma
10/5 Tullahoma, Cleveland TN
10/6 Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Nashville
10/7 The Pantheon, old Fort, Opryland USA and fly back to LAX

エリア アメリカ

• 旅行の満足度: 3.5
• 観光: 3.5

• 同行者: 一人旅
• 交通手段: レンタカー
• 旅行の手配内容: 個別手配

LAX probably.

Nashville Airport. (Probably)1981年ごろに，ターミナルを一新しました。この当時は古いほう。

Mammoth Cave. ツアーは、駐車場からShuttle bus で行きます。

マンモス ケーブ国立公園 国立公園

Mammoth Cave.

Guided tourです。２０人ぐらいいたかな。

ツアーで行ける一番奥に行き、1分ぐらいライトを消します。「世界で一番光のない世界を体験してください」、とガイドが言っていました。

なかなかいい写真は撮れませんでした。

Mammoth Cave を出て、もう少し北へ行くと、
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site.

これは，The First Lincoln Memorial。NPSの説明は，
Built on the knoll above the sinking spring where many believe the Lincoln cabin originally stood, the Memorial Building at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park was constructed between 1909 and 1911 in an effort by the Lincoln Farm Association to commemorate the life and accomplishments of the sixteenth President of the United States and to protect his "birth cabin."

Rooted in the architectural forms of ancient Greece and Rome, the Memorial Building was designed by early twentieth century prominent architect John Russell Pope and constructed of Connecticut pink granite and Tennessee marble. Pope's design of the building included many symbolisms related to Abraham Lincoln, including fifty-six steps leading up to the building to represent the fifty-six years of Lincoln's life. Sixteen windows in the building and sixteen rosettes on the interior ceiling are there to remind visitors that Lincoln was the sixteenth president. The Beaux-Arts building was designed specifically to house the "symbolic" birth cabin of Abraham Lincoln on the site of Lincoln's birth.

In 1906 the Lincoln Farm Association began a fund raising campaign for the project in which over 100,000 Americans donated nearly $350,000. The Norcross Brothers Construction Company of Worcester, Massachusetts won the contract for constructing the Memorial Building in 1907 with a bid of $237,101 and construction began on February 12, 1909, the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, with the laying of the cornerstone by President Theodore Roosevelt. After over two years of construction President, and Lincoln Farm Association board member, William Howard Taft dedicated the Memorial Building and enshrined "birth cabin" on November 9, 1911, before a crowd of 3,000 people.

Today the Memorial Building continues to fulfill its mission by housing and protecting the "symbolic" birth cabin of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. Over 200,000 people a year come to Lincoln's birthplace to view the Memorial Building and the enshrined "symbolic" birth cabin contained within.

Uncle Tom's Cabin ではありません。NPSの説明，

Born in a one-room log cabin on his father's Sinking Spring Farm on Sunday, February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln's early years on the Kentucky frontier helped to shape his character and prepare the boy who would grow up to become the 16th President of the United States to lead the nation through the tragic and turbulent times of the Civil War. His legacy of liberty and equality remains relevant today and continues to impact people around the world.

リンカーンはアメリカ人にとっては、雲の上の存在。

Sinking Spring。National Parks Service のサイトの説明をつけます。

Sinking Spring, located just below the hill on which Abraham Lincoln was born, was clearly identified in early land records. This water source was variably known as Sinking Spring, Rock Spring and Cave Spring. However, early records generally refer to the landmark as Sinking Spring because the water dropped into a pit and disappeared into the earth. Thus, originated the name of the farm.
As a perennial source of water, the spring was probably a deciding factor in selecting the location for the cabin site. The Lincolns depended on this spring for their daily water supply and travelers often paused during their journey to partake of the refreshingly cool water. Abraham Lincoln probably tasted his first drink of water from this spring. The appearance of the spring has changed considerably since the Lincoln era. The area was modified during early years of park development. However, the natural rock formations along the back wall have been changed only by nature and continue to instill impressions of a homesteader's life.

Typical of Kentucky's karst topography and hydrologic systems, the spring is a significant natural resource. Its water drains through the subsurface and empties into a branch of the Nolin River a short distance from the park. Sinking Spring is a part of a network of springs and subsurface streams in and near the park. Because the spring's cave supports a variety of fragile cave biota, it is particularly sensitive to pollutants and encroachment. The National Park Service monitors those threats, which effect the cave and its environment.

THE BOUNDARY OAK
On December 12, 1808, Thomas Lincoln purchased 300 acres of land described as "Beginning at a large white oak thirteen poles above the sinking spring or rock spring..." Time, weather, insects and disease eventually claimed this magnificent oak but its remains stand as the principal identifying feature of the original farm boundary. A landmark to countless early travelers the Boundary Oak was probably over 150 years old when Abraham Lincoln was born nearby on February 12, 1809. Before its death in1976, this tree reached 90 feet in height. It was sis feet in diameter with a branch spread of over 100feet.

Kenkuckyです。National Park Service のサイトです。
https://www.nps.gov/abli/index.htm

走行ルートを示します。
Nashville の空港でレンタカーして、一路、北へ。

Mammoth Cave.

Lincoln Birthplace Historic Site.国道からちょっと東へ入ります。

Lincoln Birthplace Historic Site.

Saltpetre Pipes in Mammoth Cave
SALTPETRE PIPES IN MAMMOTH CAVE
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
These wooden pipes which were a part of the saltpetre mining operations in Mammoth Cave during the War of 1812 are still intact and are one of the historical exhibits within the cave.

Onix Chamber in Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
Stalactites and stalagmites in many shapes and forms create a subterranean fantasy in this section of Mammoth Cave - seen on the Scenic, All-Day and Frozen Niagara Tours.