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Title: Cave regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Owen, Luella Agnes
Subjects: Caves
Publisher: Cincinnati OH : Editor Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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wth of timber. * * Missouri is generally a region of prairies andtable lands, much of which, as already described,is almost destitute of timber and water. It iscrossed by the Ozark Mountains, which form arugged tract of considerable extent. Earth-quakes are not infrequent in some parts of thisstate. The soil is not generally productive. A comparison of these curious views vvith thelatest official reports is highly amusing, as wellas suggestive that, early impressions are liableto require modification. In addition to the wonderful springs of purewater, there are numerous fine mineral springs,among which are a number of Epsom salt springs. 24 Cave Jiegions, At Jacksonville, in Randolph County, there is alarge mineral spring from which it is said anover-heated horse may drink all he will withoutinjury. Epsom-salts, or Epsomite, frequentlyoccurs, as does the Niter, in a crystalline formof the pure mineral, as an efflorescence on rocksin many of the caves and in other sheltered po-sitions.
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•\ CHAPTER II. MARBLE CAVE. Marble Cave, which is the finest yet exploredin Missouri, is southeast of the center of StoneCounty, a short distance north of the picturesqueWhite River. The nearest station is Marion-ville on the St. Louis and^San Francisco railroad,and the drive of forty miles is delightful, butcan be divided, into two of twenty each by a stopat Galena. The road, for the most part, isnaturally macadamized and is through a mostcharming country whose roughness and beautyincrease together as the journey advances. Atfirst it winds along fertile valleys between wood-ed hills, crossing many times a shallow streamof water so clear as to afford no concealment foran occasional water-moccasin, whose bite issaid to be not poisonous if inflicted under water,and which must be true because the horsesshowed not the least uneasiness. The second week in May found the vegeta-tion in its summer beauty; strawberries wereripe, and the weather without a fault. Galena is pleasantly situated

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