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Surnames: Sibert, Rothrock
Classification: Query
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The Little Wyandotte Cave was first called Sibert's Cave and owned by the Sibert
Family whose land bordered that of Big Wyandotte Cave and Henry Peter Rothrock. The story
goes that Mr. Sibert's dog was chasing a rabbit and fell into the sinkhole entrance in
1850 and he got the Rothrock's with their Cave lanterns and ropes to rescue the dog
and they discovered the small, but beautiful cave not far below the surface of the woods.
I would have to do some digging in my notes as if the owner was James or Isaac Sibert, but
they were related by marriage to the Rothrock owners who finally bought the Little
Wyandotte Cave from them in 1947.