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a gristmill here in 1804. Years earlier he had eluded pursuing Indians by taking shelter in a
nearby cavern—a stroke of good fortune that inspired him to return and settle in the region
with his family.
Today visitors find on the site a small theme park with pioneer-era buildings, hayrides,
and other bucolic amusements. The caverns, a complex of rooms and passageways hol-
lowed into the limestone by underground streams, can be seen on guided tours. The dis-
tinctly cool, dark realm contains milky rimstone dams, impressive stalactites and stalag-
mites, and limpid pools populated by blind crayfish—their eyes unneeded in a world
without light.
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