--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   The Wigwam Villages were the creation of Frank A. Redford.  #1 was completed at Horse Cave in 1935 and Frank patented the design in 1936. He built #2 in Cave City in 1937 and 5 more later in Alabama, Louisana, California and Arizona. Only two remain in operation, #2 at Cave City and #6 in Arizona. Photo circa 1945, Wigwam Village No. 1 --> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rest Rooms - WIGWAM VILLAGE No. 1 - Eat Shoppe U.S. 31E and 68 -- 18 Miles East of Mammoth Cave -- 31 Miles South of Lincoln's Birthplace -------- INSULATED INDIAN WIGWAMS Each with complete Bath, Hot and Cold Water, Inner Spring Mattresses, and Solid Hickory Furniture Always Open                             GAS and OIL Wigwams Built and Patented by F. A. REDFORD, Proprietor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lunch Room - Wigwam Village No.  2 The Largest Wigwam in the World Eleven tons of steel and 37 tons of cement stucco used in the construction.  15 attractive sleeping wigwams surround same to complete a modern Indian Village. Wigwams built and patented by F. A. REDFORD Owner and Mgr. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Rest Rooms - WIGWAM VILLAGE No. 2 - Lunch Room U.S. 31W and 68 -- 11 Miles East of Mammoth Cave -- 38 Miles South of Lincoln's Birthplace -------- INSULATED INDIAN WIGWAMS -------- Each with complete Bath, Hot and Cold running Water -------- At the Gateway to The Mammoth Cave National Park -------- Wigwams Built and Patented by F. A. REDFORD, Owner and Mgr. All photographs and post-cards on this page provided by Edith Bastin