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Subterranean Fights To Protect Southern Caves

Talking the Keats of Caving About the Wonders and Wisdom Found Deep Underground

Talking the Keats of Caving About the Wonders and Wisdom Found Deep Underground Michael Ray Taylor’s Tweet Share In a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, Michael Ray Taylor has emerged as a Keats of caving, a veteran explorer of underground realms who writes with grace and restraint. His new book, Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves, probes the daunting and delicate ecosystems of caves; the passion that drives those who seek a larger connection with the world; and the enthralling reasons the South attracts locals as well as international travelers, thrill-seekers and NASA scientists alike. Taylor answered questions from via email.

Hidden Names, Hidden Stories

camera icon © KRISTEN BOBO Recording Civil War names can be difficult: Some signatures are layered atop one another, while others are frustratingly succinct, such as “William,” “Capt. Jones,” and “1863.” Names have been smoked onto ceilings by candle flame, scratched into walls with rocks or knives, or neatly handwritten with pencil or ink. The three-year study, which ended in 2019, yielded only 41 confirmed signatures left by Civil War soldiers during wartime. (Douglas estimates that more than 10,000 signatures were left in the cave over the past two centuries not to mention pictographs and other markings made by Native Americans.) Such finds add little to the overall record of use of the cave by the Confederate and the Union armies, but by matching signatures found deep underground with photographs, letters and journal entries, the team achieved something they consider equally valuable: They humanized the soldiers who, for a brief moment, took

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