where old tour guides go

Old Guide's Cemetery, Mammoth Cave National Park

The region has attracted explorers and tourists, and supported the Kentucky tourism industry since the 19th century. One historic site is the Old Guide Cemetery that contains the graves of guides, explorers, and victims of consumption. Twenty-one graves fill Old Guide’s Cemetery. Three are known to be patients from the experimental consumption hospital, run by the landowner Dr. John Croghan. Another grave is that of Stephen Bishop, famous enslaved cave explorer and guide of Dr. Croghan. ~NPS