Ua kapaʻiaʻo Caverns Caves i kapa muaʻo Bats Cave. ʻO Iakoba (Jay) i kūʻaiʻo ia i ke ana i ka makahiki 1955 a weheʻia i ka lehulehu. I ka manawa i laweʻo ia i kāna wahine i loko o ka ana no ka manawa mua, ua loaʻaʻo ia i ka nani o kahi keʻena nui me nā lolampitites a me nā kolepa a'ōlelo aʻela ua like me he "hale pule." Ua loli maoliʻo Gurley i ka inoa o ke ana ma ia manawa a uaʻikeʻia mai ia manawa mai ka Hale Cathedral,ʻoiai ua loli pinepine nā lima.
Ua lilo nā pohā o ka Hale Pule Nui i park park ma ka makahiki 1987. E komo ana i 461 mauʻeka'āina kokoke i Grant, Alabama. Ua weheʻia nā kohu i ka lehulehu iʻAukake 2000.
Aia i ke ana he ala i pae a me ke ala i hala 10 kapuaʻi ma mua o ke ala kumu. ʻO kahi hele ma kahi o kahi mile hoʻokahi no ka huakaʻi hele a lawe i kahi hola a me 15 mau minuke. Uaʻike au i kekahi o nā puʻu e paʻakikī ana akāʻaʻole hikiʻole. ʻO ka heleʻana i lalo ka paʻakikī o ka haʻahaʻa ma mua o UP! Ināʻoe i ke olakino maʻamau, ponoʻole ka heleʻana i kahi pilikia. ʻO ia hoʻi ka kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa.
ʻO nā alakaʻi a me nā limahana o ka papa he mea aloha a hoʻomaopopo. ʻO Eric Dobbins kā mākou alakaʻi a hāʻawi mai i nāʻike nui e pili ana i ka moʻolelo o ke ana,ʻo nā kiko'ī o nā hana i loko o ke ana iʻikeʻoleʻia, a me ka pale o ke ana.
Nā Hale Kūʻoki o Ka Hale Pule
Aia nā Hale Kanu o Cathedral i nā waihona moʻoleloʻeono:
- Aia nā Hale Kūkini Nui ma loko o ke ana komoʻana i loko o kekahi ana loko iʻa ma ka honua nei. He 25 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a he 128 kapuaʻi ka laulā.
- ʻO Caverns Caverns kahi home "Goliath" - ka stalagmite nui loa ma ka honua. He 45 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a he 243 kapuaʻi ka nui.
- ʻO nā Kahanu Kanu Kiekie ka pā pōhaku pōhaku nui loa, he 32 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a he 135 kapuaʻi ka loa.
- Uaʻikeʻia nā Hale Kōkua Nui no ka wailele nui "frozen".
- Aia nā Cavernes Nui i nā māla stalagmite nui loa o kekahi ana ma ke ao nei.
- Aia nā Hale Kūkini Nui ma kahi kūponoʻole i ka honua kahi stalagmite 35 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a 3'okiha ka laulā!
Aia nā Hale Kūmara o Cathedral i kahi lumi kala ma wahoʻole i weheʻia i ka lehulehu. Hoʻohanaʻia nā papahana me ka hoʻokae keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe aʻo nā'ōkuhi wale nō o kahi leo o kekahi kanaka e uhakiʻia he 70 pakeneka o nā hanana. Aia nā Hale Hoʻoilina o nā Cathedral he Big Room, he 792 kapuaʻi kona lōʻihi a he 200 kapuaʻi ka laulā.
He mea nani kēia mai keʻano maoli a he 40 mau minuke mai Huntsville. Hiki i nā mea aloha punahele eʻike i kaʻono a pili i kahi mākaʻikaʻi!
Pono e nānā i ka pūnaewele no nā hola hoʻomaka hou a me nā kumukūʻai.