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Postcard of Echo River, Mammoth Cave
Postcard
On Echo River, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Published by H. H. T. Co. (image copyrighted by H. C. Ganter, 1908)
No postmark-unused card, circa 1911.
Item/Collection Note: 360 feet underground, Echo River, on the lowest level of Mammoth Cave system, is the habitat of unique eyeless fish and crayfish. Stephen Bishop, a popular guide in the cave during the 1840s and 1850s, was the first to explore that level.





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