3. HISTORICAL INFORMATION
o Originally built in 1890
o Covered in concrete in 1902
o Once Featured in Ripley's
Believe It or Not
o Transports water from lake
Avalon to Carlsbad irrigation
system
4. CARLSBAD CAVERNS
• Originally discovered by the Indians of the southwest
• Jim White was the first to explore the caves
• Became a national park in 1930