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- The cavern was undiscovered after that until 1885 when an old man from Madrid, Spain found some old treasure maps in a family Bible that led him to northern Arkansas, according to the legend. He hired men to help him, and, after digging straight down at a spot with a marker, they located the entrance to the cave concealed behind a large boulder.
www.ksmu.org/local-history/2018-12-17/along-the-missouri-arkansas-line-a-tale-of-buried-spanish-treasureAlong the Missouri-Arkansas Line, a Tale of Buried Spanish ...
The Corps had stopped at a settlement founded by Daniel Boone and his family on May 23, 1804. About a mile farther upstream the men came to a small cave, known as Tavern Cave, a noted landmark among the French traders.
On May 23, 1804, two days after leaving St. Charles, the Lewis and Clark Expedition visited Tavern Cave. It's located at the south bank of the Missouri River at the base of a huge sandstone bluff called Tavern Rock. This landmark, well known to the Indians, French and Spanish trappers and traders, was first described by Lewis and Clark as:
Here they also met the young French-Canadian, Régis Loisel, who had been a partner with Hugh Heney in trading with the Sioux, and was returning from his fort on Cedar Island, 1200 miles farther up the Missouri, where he had spent the previous winter with another partner, Pierre-Antoine Tabeau.
Pinnacles of rock rise three hundred feet above the river at Tavern Cave, on the south side of the Missouri near the Femme Osage River. While some explored the cave, Lewis climbed the cliff above it, for a view of the surrounding terrain. At the summit he slipped and almost fell.
On May 23, 1804, or 2 days after leaving St. Charles on their westward trek, Clark and probably some other members of the expedition visited this large cave, located on the south bank of the Missouri at the base of a huge sandstone bluff called Tavern Rock.
TAVERN CAVE STATE HISTORIC SITE ( MISSOURI) Tavern Cave was well known to the Indians, French and Spanish trappers and traders before Lewis and Clark visited. Lewis and Clark visited the cave on May 23, 1804.
Mar 2, 2000 · The State of Missouri officially acquired its first caves in the period 1923 to 1928 with the creation of several state parks containing caves and springs, including Meramec State Park. Two of the more than 30 caves in Meramec State Park were used as show caves and operated as concessions.
