Caves

The signature of a visitor from 1897. They used pencil thinking that it would be erasable later on. A volunteer in the 1930s went back with a huge eraser to try to clean it all up, and was unable. What happened was that the formation is made of many clear layers of crystal, and between the time that the people had written on them, and they were to be erased, a few layers had been deposited on top, preventing their erasure.

Oregon Caves, Coast and Cheese

August 28th 2008
In Crescent City, California, we took a detour from the 101 and took Highway 199 to Cave Junction, Oregon, in order to visit Oregon Caves National Monument. Not only is Oregon Caves National Monument one of only a few National Parks in Oregon, they are also very rare caves in that they are made of marble. Only 5% of the world's caves are marble, most are limestone. As is the case with the major ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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