Beautifull day today so I took a hike.

[jltrent]

There are three caves on the farm that I have not been to in at least 20 years so today I decided to take a hike and get some pictures.... Feeding cattle all winter is getting old. I remember some other people making some cave posts, so I got time today to make pictures of the caves.

This cave I have been told people lived in many years ago. Real cool, but not easy to get too. Also has an old bed at the entrance.

This cave has a spring that runs out and very good water as I had to get a drink while there. Also not easy to get too. My dad has been back in it and said it has two branches once you get past the entrance.

Here is another cave that is very hard to find as I have been to it a few times and still had a hard time finding. It opens up past the entrance. Pretty neat. If the SHTF this is were you will find me, good luck finding me as that entrance will be camouflaged.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

We have plenty of Basalt caves around here.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Cool. Is it possible to meet a bear in those caves?

 

[sstterry]

This cave I have been told people lived in many years ago. Real cool, but not easy to get too. Also has an old bed at the enttoo.

You didn't move my pillow did you?

 

[jltrent]

You didn't move my pillow did you?

Well, it ain't no Holiday Inn Express lol but add a pillow, mattress and it looks pretty relaxing overlooking the river. Plenty of fish in the river below.

 

[jltrent]

Cool. Is it possible to meet a bear in those caves?

Plenty of black bear around here. Just across the river from there the landowner got 3 bears in one picture on his trail camera.

 

[wbvs58]

Very interesting thanks JL.

Ken

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

My husband has a man cave. I never clean it.

 

[SmokinM]

Thats flat awesome! Looks to be a beautiful piece of property. I would love to have some features like that on my place!

 

[TCRanch]

We have a couple caves on the ranch and a subterranean shelter is about 30 yards from the house. Evidently not uncommon in the flint hills.

Take Shelter

 

[Hippie Rancher]

We have a couple caves on the ranch and a subterranean shelter is about 30 yards from the house. Evidently not uncommon in the flint hills.

Take Shelter

cool website

 

[crossbreed]

Only caves around north Texas are dug by armadillos and made for my front tractor tires to find.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

People's tractors un Texas used to cave and get stuck in harvester ant colonies. Then the fire ants moved in and killed everything, including native ants, fawns, turkey poults, song bird babies hatching in their nests, baby calves and people. The Texas A&M boys got hold of some South American fire ant predator brain eating flies. bred ten up and turned them loose. The ant brain eaters did well. The native ants, deer and quail population came back. Then the feral hogs and yankees moved in. At that point moved away from Texas.

 

[TCRanch]

cool website

I used to have a lot of pictures of the structure here but must have lost them. Anyway, this is what it looks like inside (I had it blown up & framed in a 16x20). You can see the opening at the back that was used as a fireplace. The other pic is a rock we discovered at the entrance of the structure with Welcome carved into it. We had our builder dig it up and its now part of the hearth of the basement fireplace. Our property hadn't been surveyed since 1879, and we have the abstracts going back that far. So much history!

 

[Rafter S]

People's tractors un Texas used to cave and get stuck in harvester ant colonies. Then the fire ants moved in and killed everything, including native ants, fawns, turkey poults, song bird babies hatching in their nests, baby calves and people. The Texas A&M boys got hold of some South American fire ant predator brain eating flies. bred ten up and turned them loose. The ant brain eaters did well. The native ants, deer and quail population came back. Then the feral hogs and yankees moved in. At that point moved away from Texas.

It wasn't all bad. They killed the seed ticks too. I haven't heard of anyone getting into a batch of those in 40 years.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

OMG I remember the seed ticks and the mutual naked examinations.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Only caves around north Texas are dug by armadillos and made for my front tractor tires to find.

There's caves I know of at Comanche Peak but its been over 40 years since I have seen them. Some on private land near Palo Pinto.

About a mile from here there's an area that gets really cold. It can be 100 degrees and you hit that spot and the temp drops way down just in that place. Move 20 feet and the cold goes away. I suspect a cavern there but I've never found it.

A water well driller out of Glen Rose named McPherson was telling me that he was drilling and his casing dropped several feet. That was around 100 foot down where he thinks he hit a cavern.

 

[gman4691]

Caves around here look suspiciously like culverts…lol. Caves aren't a big part of east Texas geomorphology…there's a million dollar word…enjoy getting out and about…be careful, though.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

I used to have a lot of pictures of the structure here but must have lost them. Anyway, this is what it looks like inside (I had it blown up & framed in a 16x20). You can see the opening at the back that was used as a fireplace. The other pic is a rock we discovered at the entrance of the structure with Welcome carved into it. We had our builder dig it up and its now part of the hearth of the basement fireplace. Our property hadn't been surveyed since 1879, and we have the abstracts going back that far. So much history!View attachment 56610View attachment 56611

OMG that stone!!! that is the coolest thing I have seen in a LONG time, and that you put it in a fireplace is so excellent! thank you for sharing all of this, a whole world I had never heard of. so interesting.

 

[kenny thomas]