Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.5.93a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon
Page 93 contains:
(a, top) A small newspaper clipping (by unknown author) laments how few know of and/or visit the Wissahickon "Caves". These "caves" are located on the west side of a hill directly opposite Gorgas mill. One cave is artificial, while the other is natural, which has been deepened and extends horizontially many feet into the earth.
(b, bottom) Jellett's notes are transcribed as follows:
At one time there were three caves on this lane. Now there are only two. "Cope" Hagen told me the largest cave was higher up on the hill; that he had been in it; that it was much larger, deeper and more ? ? ? than the caves along the water's edge. He told me the entrance to it was very small and he could get into it only by crawling backwards. (Hagen to E.C.J. May 28, 1905)
I asked Gold one day about the third cave but he knew nothing of it. He told me the caves along the creek were known as Indian caves and that, during the war, they were used for the "Underground Railroad". When I told him I thought this could not be on account of the quarry tool marks, he said he did not believe it himself. (E.C.J. June 4, 1905)Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
