How Did This Tiny Cave Become a Major Tourist Attraction?

Check out my PATREON:   / dimestoreadventures   HUGE thank you to my PATREON SUPER SUPPORTERS: Cody Nova BIG SUM Carson W Kevin Beck Conor Johnson Daniel Monsalve micky! Kyle Jonathan Hays Alexander Morgan Anastasi Andrew Reda Jason Farque Daniel Russ Determan The_Y Daniel Lano Cody Armacher Aaron Greig Drkek Jason Morrey Jeffrey Hacker The Grand Poobah Lottie Hew Jeremy Chase-Israel Will Surrette Lyall Wallerstedt LepcisMagna Luke Fuller Sam Markey Josiah Parker crocoalala The Bittersteel Charles Bones Joseph Walla Riley Flamingo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Erving Castle. The home of the Erving Hermit, John Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources/Further Reading: Hartford Courant - August 23rd, 1953 A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts - Elias Nason, 1874 History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts - Everts, 1879 St. Paul daily globe - April 17th, 1893 Boston Sunday Globe - September 12th, 1897 Boston Sunday Globe - October 9th, 1892 Greenfield Gazette - April 7th, 1900 Boston Post - August 17th, 1874 Greenfield Gazette & Courier - April 7th, 1900 Greenfield Recorder - March 5th, 1976 Greenfield Recorder - October 27th, 1977 Bostun Sunday Globe - October 9th, 1892 Greenfield Recorder - September 14th, 1971 Yesterdays’s Massachuetts - Ivan Sandrof, 1977 The Greenfield Recorder - August 4th, 1879 The Greenfield Recorder - August 28th, 1897 The Argus Record - August 22nd, 1874 The Boston Globe - October 9th, 1892 The Boston Globe - July 28th, 1874 The Boston Globe - August 6th, 1874 The Vermont Phoenix - March 6th, 1874 Vermont Phoenix - March 27th, 1874 Springfield Sunday Republican - November 5th 1899 Harrisburg Patriot - December 27th, 1895 Picturesque Franklin - Warner, 1891 New York Daily Graphic - August 18th, 1874 The Boston Congregationalist - January 26th, 1876 Springfield Republican - September 25th, 1927 New Hampshire Sentinel - August 15th, 1878 Springfield Republican - December 16th, 1874 Springfield Republican - December 17th, 1874 Springfield Republican - July 17th, 1938 The Coldwater Republican - August 29th, 1874 New Hampshire Sentinel - August 29th, 1879 Springfield Republican - August 13th, 1874 Springfield Republican - August 21st, 1875 History of the Hermit of Irving Castle, George W. Barber - 1868 The Hermit Of Erving Castle, John Smith - 1871 Harrisburg Patriot - December 27th, 1895