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Warren County · Prehistoric

Lost River Cave

Under Bowling Green, Lost River Cave is a Pennyroyal karst system cut in Mississippian St. Louis and Ste.

Genevieve limestones: a surface stream sinks into roughly seven miles of passages draining a large underground watershed. Settlers harnessed the flow for a grist mill at the cave mouth by the late 1700s; today the preserve offers Kentucky's only underground boat tour through the same vanished river.

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Snowden, Shannon. "Lost River Cave." Kentucky History Drive. Published September 20, 2026. Last revised October 26, 2026. https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/lost-river-cave/.

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Snowden, Shannon. "Lost River Cave." Kentucky History Drive, published 20 Sept. 2026, last revised 26 Oct. 2026, https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/lost-river-cave/.

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