[2011]
Group and Non Profit Group rates available.
[2011]
Karst cave
| Location: | About 1km off U.S. 54 between Bagnell Dam and Eldon |
| Open: |
All year Mon, Sat, Sun 10, 12, 14, 15:30, 17. [2011] |
| Fee: |
Adults USD 15, Children (13-17) USD 10, Children (5-12) USD 5, Children (0-4) free. Group and Non Profit Group rates available. [2011] |
| Classification: |
Karst cave
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| Light: | electric |
| Dimension: | |
| Guided tours: | L=335m. |
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| Bibliography: | |
| Address: |
Fantasy World Caverns, 125 Cave Dr., Eldon, MO 65026, Tel: +1-573-369-3722.
E-mail: |
| Last update: | $Date: 2011/12/13 09:11:35 $ |
| 18?? | discovered by Charles Stark. | |
| 1950 | opened as a show cave. | |
| 1990 | closed. | |
| 2011 | purchased by Curtis Whitman and reopened. |
Fantasy World Caverns is long known to man, it has a huge portal which has been open for a long time. It was known to the native Indians who used the entrance area and left numerous artifacts. Animals entered the cave, bears slept inside the cave and left claw marks on the wall.
By the white settlers it was first discovered in the early 1800s by Charles Stark and named Stark Cave after its "discoverer". The neighbours used the cave as a convenient cellar, to store apples and potatoes. Actually almost anything for which a cave was used during the centuries, was done at this cave. It was used as a hideout during the Civil War, it was used by moonshiners, it was used as a dance hall and in the early 1900s a skating rink. It was then developed as a show cave in 1950. The show cave was closed to the public in the 1990s but it was sold and reopened in 2011.
The fossil cave has three levels. In the entrance is a large lake, followed by a canyon passage with two waterfalls. There are huge chambers with stalactites and stalagmites.
The cave offers regular show cave tours and spelunking tours. The show cave tours use the 335m long paved trail inside the cave- The spelunking tours lead to the end of the cave system, from the Wishing Well through Rugged Canyon. This trip takes four hours and includes crawling and getting dirty.
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