History of Grottoes Park, Virginia: Grand Caverns

207 years old 

In the history- The Grand Cavern of Grottoes found in 1802, by Bernard Weyers. 
Since the problem was mess up with the Civil War through this place of Shenandoah Valley. That is the middle of the Valley from Blue Ridge Parkway and the Valley &Ridge Mountain, near the Appalachian Parkway Mountain - in Virginia. 


I went to Grottoes since 19th times by annually for the Grottoes Grand Caverns for the Deaf Reunion in every year of August. 


Until now I don't know and not realized that's full of haunted site.  I was just found out last August 6th at the reunion- a friend name Faline, and she told me that's haunted site. So I returned home and trying to researching on the internet through and there are nonsense of the news about it. But I will still research ongoing.


I understand that there are undocumented news and the records and I will trying to go back again to the Augusta Historical Society about the Grand Caverns of Grottoes Park. 


I got new downloaded on my ipad2, for the Ghost Radar Class and directing hot spots and words appearance-  So freak out. "depression", "spirits",  "suicide", "dirty" and last, when Faline left home around 5 pm, and I alone with other old classmate, I left my Ghost Radar Classic and word appeared, "Robert" on this spot. 
I was asked who was Robert?  (Freak me out.) So I closed my ipad2 for a while. 
There is the "river" near a grand cavern. Faline told me that a young woman hung from the bridge, about 20 to 30 years ago. But no information about it- and there are another "old graveyard" fence on the across road, too. I am unable to go across over there and check it out yet. I was not actually thought of it. I was no time to do my time all day at the reunion. I kept chat and chat and chat with old classmates from Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Staunton, VA (1839) the reunion attended about 245 people this year. 


As I know of the story of 1930's President Herbert Hoover ordered the government to take over the Shenandoah Valley to become of Shanandoah National Park to creation of the Park.  And that is why Shenandoah Valley Communities were lost their homes in 1930. The government and the farmlands were the problem through time by Depression Era. The information may be link : 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_National_Park#Creation_of_the_park 


To Gottoes Park may be part of this issue, to lost the homes- forced by government and to give up the homes that never want to leave the farmland the people loved. Most of suicide in this Grottoes Park? 


There is possibly have some allowed the tents to sleep in the Grand Caverns Park that you need to ask the Park Ranger to see if you can pay or nothing about the tent to stay on this park, and give a shot to investigation? 


http://www.ci.grottoes.va.us/v.php?pg=70 


Ask the Park Ranger about a night to stay by a tent. 


Have fun. 
Lily