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Re: Belle Starr's Cave

8/10/2013 Went exploring for Belle Starr’s cave. Our search was not very fruitful. We headed to Crawford Park near the corner of Prairie creek and C.F. Hawn frwy. We entered the creek near the abandon Texas & New Orleans railroad track expecting to find a spring and nearby a “cave” dug into the side of the hill. We searched the area between C.F. Hawn and the track and found nothing. We then followed Prairie creek north until we met the parks paved walking trail. Since there hasn’t been much rain we hoped to be able to locate the spring by the presence of water. There was water flowing for the entire length of the creek. In spots the water appeared to be very deep and we could see large fish swimming. The closest we came to a cave was the remains of a collapsed limestone overhang. The area under the overhang would have been from 5 to 8 foot high, 10 to 20 feet wide and 10 to 12 feet deep. You would not have been able to see the overhang if even if you were standing on top it. The creek bank on the far side was high enough that you most likely would not be able to see very deeply into the overhang. The overhang was as close as we came to a “cave”. All the historic documentation of the “cave” indicates it was dug into a hill and supported by logs. If the historic documents are true there is no evidence of the spring or cave. Still a fun adventure!

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