Violet City Lantern Tour July 31, 2009

Walk though some of the largest passages in the cave by lantern light as guides recreate the experience of the first visitors in the 1800s. Become part of the tradition of visiting one of the oldest tourist attractions in the country. Relive the stories and illusions expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson and others of the day. See evidence of saltpeter production, an underground hospital and prehistoric mining of cave minerals.