Higgenbotham’s Cave ~ 2E 59
N 35° 38.649 W 085° 41.252
16S E 618822 N 3945273
Higgenbotham’s Cave ~ 2E 59
Waymark Code: WM299R
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2007
Views: 76
2E 59
Higgenbotham’s Cave
Located in Cardwell Mountain, two miles north, the cave was discovered circa 1810 by Aaron Higgenbotham, early surveyor and turnpike builder. For over a century the cave has been renowned for its vastness and rare formations. Higgenbotham built a road nearby, over which Cherokees descended the mountain while on the Trail of Tears in 1838. During the Civil War saltpeter was mined in the cave for the manufacture of Confederate gunpowder.
Marker Name: Higgenbotham’s Cave
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number: 2E 59
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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