What to see in America . which a change of climatelong ago forced to leave this section. At Gethsemane, nearly half a hundred miles southeast ofLouisville, is the only Trappist monastery in the UnitedStates. Somewhat to the west is Elizabethtown where, in1806, Thomas Lincoln married Nancy Hanks. The nextyear a daughter was born to them, and they moved about adozen miles to a little farm near Hodgenville. Here wasborn Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1809, and here he livedin a log cabin until he was seven, when the family migratedto Indiana. A costly temple-like structure has been builtwhere the
What to see in America . which a change of climatelong ago forced to leave this section. At Gethsemane, nearly half a hundred miles southeast ofLouisville, is the only Trappist monastery in the UnitedStates. Somewhat to the west is Elizabethtown where, in1806, Thomas Lincoln married Nancy Hanks. The nextyear a daughter was born to them, and they moved about adozen miles to a little farm near Hodgenville. Here wasborn Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1809, and here he livedin a log cabin until he was seven, when the family migratedto Indiana. A costly temple-like structure has been builtwhere the home stood,and in it is sheltered whatis alleged to be the logcabin in which the mar-tyred president was born. Jefferson Davis was alsoborn in Kentucky, andonly eight months earlier,and barely a hundred milesaway to the southwest inwhat is now Todd was the youngest ofnine children. His parentswere of the middle class,the owners of a few slaves,and yet doing much oftheir own work. Theysoon moved to Entrance to the Mamnkjth Cave 220 What to See in America In the southern central part of the state is the MammothCave, the largest known cavern in the world. The variousavenues which have been explored have a total length oftwo hundred miles. It is in five distinct tiers. Among itsfeatures are Fat Mans Misery, Dead Sea, Echo River, theMaelstrom, the Corkscrew, Giants Coffin, Bottomless Pit,and Star Chamber. Several of the chambers are from twohundred to three hundred feet high. The cavern has itseyeless fish and a prolific population of bats. It was dis-covered in 1809 by a hunter, who entered it to secure awounded bear which had found shelter there. The funnel-shaped opening is in a rocky forest ravine. The temperaturein the cave is maintained at from fifty-two to fifty-six degreesthe year round. In summer the relatively cool air flows out,and in winter the colder air outside is drawn in. This airmovement is known as *the breath of the cave. A greatsection of
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