Higgenbotham's Cave

Higgenbotham's Cave (HMP2T)

Location: McMinnville, TN 37110 Warren County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 38.616', W 85° 41.23'

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Located in Cardwell Mountain, two miles north, the cave was discovered in ca. 1810 by Aaron Higgenbotham, early surveyor and turnpike builder. For over a century the cave has been renowned for its vastness and rare formations. Higgenbotham built a road nearby, over which Cherokees descended the mountain while on the Trail of Tears in 1838. During the Civil War saltpeter was mined in the cave for the manufacture of Confederate gunpowder.
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HM NumberHMP2T
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Marker Number2E 59
Placed ByTennessee Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 6:49pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 618856 N 3945213
Decimal Degrees35.64360000, -85.68716667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 38.616', W 85° 41.23'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 38' 36.96" N, 85° 41' 13.80" W
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Area Code(s)931
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4102 Harrison Ferry Rd, McMinnville TN 37110, US
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