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1: Many African Americans served as cave guides, beginning in the 1830s. Some of these early guides were not content to trek where others had gone before; they also explored unknown areas of the enormous cave system.

2: Stephen Bishop was one of those pioneers. Bishop was only a teenager when he arrived at Mammoth Cave in 1838. He was not there by choice—he was a slave

3: became well known to the tourists because of his eloquence and his gift for singing.

4: Bishop w

5: as exploring well beyond the known parts of the cave.

6: known ominously as The Bottomless Pit.

7: Will Garvin began working as a guide at Mammoth Cave in the 1860s. Garvin was never a slave

8: arrived in Kentucky

9: became a guide a short time later.

10: The Corkscrew provided visitors with a fast exit from the cave.

11: Matt Bransford When he started working as a guide in the early 20th century, Matt Bransford knew that he had a family legacy to uphold

12: His father, Henry, had worked at the cave,

13: Matt was a slave who was owned

14: African-American tourists at Mammoth Cave were not allowed on tours with white visitors

15: African-American visitors were not permitted to stay in area hotels.

16: Matt Bransford made an effort to give African Americans the opportunity to enjoy Mammoth Cave

17: traveled to various cities and advertised the cave in African-American communities.

18: he led special tours for African-American visitors

19: he and his wife set up a hotel in their home so that African Americans would have a place to stay

20: Matt Bransford was not the last person in his family to work at Mammoth Cave. Even after he retired in 1937, his relatives worked there.

21: here was always a Bransford guide at Mammoth Cave from 1838 to 1939...
     
 
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