Stephen Bishop

ID: 518
This file appears in: Diamond Cavern

This image shows slave and Mammoth Cave tour guide Stephen Bishop. Bishop served as a guide from 1838 until he died in 1857. Bishop gained his freedom the year before he died. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Diamond Cavern

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2259 in Barren County notes the location of Diamond Cavern, which was discovered by a slave in 1859. When most people envision slavery, they think of agricultural workers…