The nearby Wellington Caves feature the Cathedral Cave with the massive Altar Rock.
The main cave is Cathedral Cave with the massive Altar Rock.
Onondaga now had competition on two fronts from both Cathedral Cave and from the back portion of itself under the name Missouri Caverns.
Cathedral Cave also closed because of the decrease in tourism, and Onondaga's own future was uncertain after the death of Bradford.
Cathedral Cave is famous for its majestic 32m-wide and 15m-high stalagmite!
A picture painted by Augustus Earle around 1826 clearly shows Aboriginal people in front of a fire at the entrance to Cathedral Cave.
Organised tours of Cathedral Cave began about 1885 with the appointment of the first caretaker, James Sibbald.
Cathedral Cave, Garden Cave and the Phosphate Mine are shown as guided tours.
Cathedral Cave - opened for guided tours since 1885.
The largest of the chambers, named the Cathedral Cave, currently serves as an auditorium.