Bull Shoals Caverns, Show cave in Bull Shoals, Arkansas, United States.
Bull Shoals Caverns is a limestone cave in Bull Shoals, Arkansas, formed roughly 350 million years ago during the Ordovician period, when water seeped into rock cracks, widened them and dissolved the surrounding stone. An underground river still runs through its passages. The cave has been open to visitors since 1958.
Native peoples used the cave for shelter over 2000 years ago, and it later became important during the Civil War. Confederate soldiers mined saltpeter from its walls to produce gunpowder.
The cave has served as a working space: Confederate soldiers harvested saltpeter here during the Civil War, and moonshiners hid their stills inside during Prohibition, when poor roads kept revenue agents away. Neighbours also used it as a cooler for whiskey and food during World War II.
Bull Shoals Caverns has been open to visitors since 1958, and an underground river runs through its passages. The cave lies in Bull Shoals, Marion County, Arkansas, and is listed among the tourist attractions of the county.
The cave has been open to visitors since 1958. Before that, during Prohibition, moonshiners hid their stills inside it; poor roads kept federal revenue agents away, as local accounts note.
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