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Branson Talk / Re: Fire on the Mountain Baldknobber Documentary
« on: February 13, 2012, 04:41:13 PM »
I could not get through to the video. The message said, "Video is password protected." Do you know what the password is?
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where was the Marvel Cave Cabin?
« on: February 11, 2012, 10:57:28 PM »The house looked closer to numbers 10-12; I was given an old glass bottle from the building before it was removed. I am not sure if number 9 is the same building. At one time the Lynch family had built several cabins to house guests to the property and I know two of them completely burned (not 100%, but the burned cabins may have been located closer to the Cave).
Copper,
You are probably right about photo #9 not being the same building as #10-12. This is something that was discussed on the Harold Bell Wright website a few years ago. Some had argued that #10-12 could be the same building as the cabin (#9) after remodeling and adding on to it. One piece of evidence was that the chimney looked the same in all of those photos. Now, I’m thinking the chimney may just be a coincidence. I was looking at my photos with a magnifying glass and I believe the chimneys are slightly different. I have another photo that is not posted on the HBW website. It looks very similar to the cabin in photo #9 and the caption says, “Marvel Cave Cabin.” So, I guess I’m still wondering where the cabin was. It is probably one of the cabins that you said had burned sometime in the past.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Where was the Marvel Cave Cabin?
« on: February 06, 2012, 01:58:39 PM »
I’ve been a lurker on the SDCFans website for quite awhile but this is my first post. I’ve been a collector of Branson area, Silver Dollar City, Shepherd of the Hills, and Harold Bell Wright items for 20+ years. I’ve also been researching Branson area history for at least that long. I am currently writing a history of tourism in Branson that will probably be released in multiple volumes. Volume one will be about Marmaros, the Marble Cave Mining Company, and people who lived in the area during the 1880s-1900. The book will probably be more photos than text and I have many photos that have never been published before.
One problem I have is that I still have questions that have not been answered by my research and I seem to have exhausted my source of knowledgeable persons. So, I am going to try asking some questions on this forum and here is one of them:
I have seen several photos of a log cabin that once stood near the entrance to Marble Cave. I have seen it labeled as: the Lynch Home at Marble Cave; the Marvel Cave Lodge; the Marvel Cave Café; Marvel Cave Office; and the Tea Room/Gift Shop. It was apparently remodeled several times over the years and was used for different purposes. See photos #9-14 on Gerry Chudleigh’s website at:
http://www.gchudleigh.com/marvelcavepc.htm
My main questions are: Does anyone know the exact spot where this cabin stood? I believe it may have stood where the Hospitality House is now but I’m not certain. Does anyone know when it was built? Was it one of the original buildings from the town of Marmaros that did not burn? I have read that Truman Powell built a home near the cave entrance during the time that the cave was being mined of guano. The cabin looks rather old, even in the earliest known photo. Could this cabin be the home that Powell built in the 1880s? Also, does anyone know what happened to the cabin? Was it torn down to make way for the Hospitality House? Thanks.
One problem I have is that I still have questions that have not been answered by my research and I seem to have exhausted my source of knowledgeable persons. So, I am going to try asking some questions on this forum and here is one of them:
I have seen several photos of a log cabin that once stood near the entrance to Marble Cave. I have seen it labeled as: the Lynch Home at Marble Cave; the Marvel Cave Lodge; the Marvel Cave Café; Marvel Cave Office; and the Tea Room/Gift Shop. It was apparently remodeled several times over the years and was used for different purposes. See photos #9-14 on Gerry Chudleigh’s website at:
http://www.gchudleigh.com/marvelcavepc.htm
My main questions are: Does anyone know the exact spot where this cabin stood? I believe it may have stood where the Hospitality House is now but I’m not certain. Does anyone know when it was built? Was it one of the original buildings from the town of Marmaros that did not burn? I have read that Truman Powell built a home near the cave entrance during the time that the cave was being mined of guano. The cabin looks rather old, even in the earliest known photo. Could this cabin be the home that Powell built in the 1880s? Also, does anyone know what happened to the cabin? Was it torn down to make way for the Hospitality House? Thanks.