Stokes County researcher works to unravel mysteries of Tory's Den Cave in Hanging Rock State Park

Añadido: 2026-05-14

[00:00:07]BACK. THIS YEAR MARKS 250 BACK. THIS YEAR MARKS 250 BACK. THIS YEAR MARKS 250 YEARS SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT YEARS SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT YEARS SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICA. WHILE WE KNOW A OF AMERICA. WHILE WE KNOW A OF AMERICA. WHILE WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY.

[00:00:14]LOT ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY.

[00:00:15]LOT ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU HISTORY IS WHAT IF I TOLD YOU HISTORY IS WHAT IF I TOLD YOU HISTORY IS STILL BEING WRITTEN IN STOKES STILL BEING WRITTEN IN STOKES STILL BEING WRITTEN IN STOKES COUNTY BY SACE GRETCHEN COUNTY BY SACE GRETCHEN COUNTY BY SACE GRETCHEN STENGER SHARES MORE ON HOW STENGER SHARES MORE ON HOW STENGER SHARES MORE ON HOW HISTORY STILL BEING UNCOVERED.

[00:00:23]HISTORY STILL BEING UNCOVERED.

[00:00:24]HISTORY STILL BEING UNCOVERED. >> AT TORIES DIDN'T CAVE IN >> AT TORIES DIDN'T CAVE IN >> AT TORIES DIDN'T CAVE IN HANGING ROCK STATE PARK.

[00:00:36]HANGING ROCK STATE PARK.

[00:00:36]HANGING ROCK STATE PARK. >> SHORT HIKE. IT'S A LITTLE >> SHORT HIKE. IT'S A LITTLE >> SHORT HIKE. IT'S A LITTLE STEEP.

[00:00:41]STEEP.

[00:00:41]STEEP. >> TAKE IT TO THE THEN AND THE >> TAKE IT TO THE THEN AND THE >> TAKE IT TO THE THEN AND THE FALLS. WE HAVE JUST AS MANY FALLS. WE HAVE JUST AS MANY FALLS. WE HAVE JUST AS MANY MYSTERIES ABOUT THE TORIES AND MYSTERIES ABOUT THE TORIES AND MYSTERIES ABOUT THE TORIES AND THEN AS WE HAVE SOLID ANSWERS, THEN AS WE HAVE SOLID ANSWERS, THEN AS WE HAVE SOLID ANSWERS, IT'S ALSO A LITTLE DRIVE.

[00:00:49]IT'S ALSO A LITTLE DRIVE.

[00:00:49]IT'S ALSO A LITTLE DRIVE. >> JIM MORGAN, A RESEARCHER >> JIM MORGAN, A RESEARCHER >> JIM MORGAN, A RESEARCHER AND WRITER FOR THE AMERICAN AND WRITER FOR THE AMERICAN AND WRITER FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TOUR OF NORTH REVOLUTION TOUR OF NORTH REVOLUTION TOUR OF NORTH CAROLINA IS TALKING ABOUT CAROLINA IS TALKING ABOUT CAROLINA IS TALKING ABOUT TORIES DAN CAVE LOCATED IN TORIES DAN CAVE LOCATED IN TORIES DAN CAVE LOCATED IN HANGING ROCK STATE PARK. THIS HANGING ROCK STATE PARK. THIS HANGING ROCK STATE PARK. THIS AREA IS CHOCK FULL OF HISTORY.

[00:00:59]AREA IS CHOCK FULL OF HISTORY.

[00:00:59]AREA IS CHOCK FULL OF HISTORY. >> RELATED TO THE AMERICAN >> RELATED TO THE AMERICAN >> RELATED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

[00:01:03]REVOLUTION.

[00:01:03]REVOLUTION. >> THE TRAILHEAD TO THE CAVE >> THE TRAILHEAD TO THE CAVE >> THE TRAILHEAD TO THE CAVE IS 6.5 MILES FROM THE VISITOR IS 6.5 MILES FROM THE VISITOR IS 6.5 MILES FROM THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE TRAIL AS A CENTER AND THE TRAIL AS A CENTER AND THE TRAIL AS A WHOLE IS LESS THAN A MILE WHOLE IS LESS THAN A MILE WHOLE IS LESS THAN A MILE LONG. BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LONG. BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LONG. BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE THIS HIKE, YOU'LL FIND MAKE THIS HIKE, YOU'LL FIND MAKE THIS HIKE, YOU'LL FIND THIS KNOWN AS TORIES. DAN THIS KNOWN AS TORIES. DAN THIS KNOWN AS TORIES. DAN CAVE, MORGAN SAYS WHILE WE CAVE, MORGAN SAYS WHILE WE CAVE, MORGAN SAYS WHILE WE KNOW THERE IS RICH HISTORY, KNOW THERE IS RICH HISTORY, KNOW THERE IS RICH HISTORY, HISTORIANS LIKE MORGAN ARE HISTORIANS LIKE MORGAN ARE HISTORIANS LIKE MORGAN ARE WORKING TO UNCOVER THE FACTS WORKING TO UNCOVER THE FACTS WORKING TO UNCOVER THE FACTS OF TORIES. DAN CAVE. IT'S OF TORIES. DAN CAVE. IT'S OF TORIES. DAN CAVE. IT'S BELIEVED THAT DURING THE BELIEVED THAT DURING THE BELIEVED THAT DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE TORIES REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE TORIES REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE TORIES RATED LIEUTENANT JOHN MARTIN RATED LIEUTENANT JOHN MARTIN RATED LIEUTENANT JOHN MARTIN IS HOME FOR SUPPLIES, THEN HID IS HOME FOR SUPPLIES, THEN HID IS HOME FOR SUPPLIES, THEN HID IN A CAVE LIKE THIS. SO THIS IN A CAVE LIKE THIS. SO THIS IN A CAVE LIKE THIS. SO THIS IS THE DAN. THIS IS THE DONE IS THE DAN. THIS IS THE DONE IS THE DAN. THIS IS THE DONE RIGHT HERE. BUT TODAY RIGHT HERE. BUT TODAY RIGHT HERE. BUT TODAY HISTORIANS ARE FINDING THAT HISTORIANS ARE FINDING THAT HISTORIANS ARE FINDING THAT THIS MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE THE THIS MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE THE THIS MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE THE CAVE WHERE THEY HID. MORGAN CAVE WHERE THEY HID. MORGAN CAVE WHERE THEY HID. MORGAN SAYS, WELL, THIS CAVE IS NAMED SAYS, WELL, THIS CAVE IS NAMED SAYS, WELL, THIS CAVE IS NAMED TORIES. DAN, IT'S ONE OF THE 3 TORIES. DAN, IT'S ONE OF THE 3 TORIES. DAN, IT'S ONE OF THE 3 CANDIDATE LOCATIONS. HE'S CANDIDATE LOCATIONS. HE'S CANDIDATE LOCATIONS. HE'S RESEARCHING TO NAIL DOWN THE RESEARCHING TO NAIL DOWN THE RESEARCHING TO NAIL DOWN THE TRUE LOCATION. MORGAN EXPLAINS TRUE LOCATION. MORGAN EXPLAINS TRUE LOCATION. MORGAN EXPLAINS HOW THE STORY GOES.

[00:01:52]HOW THE STORY GOES.

[00:01:52]HOW THE STORY GOES. >> AT NIGHT. POTENTIALLY ONE >> AT NIGHT. POTENTIALLY ONE >> AT NIGHT. POTENTIALLY ONE OF MARTIN'S SLAVE MAN. SPOTS OF MARTIN'S SLAVE MAN. SPOTS OF MARTIN'S SLAVE MAN. SPOTS OF FIRE HERE. TAKE PAY OF FIRE HERE. TAKE PAY OF FIRE HERE. TAKE PAY COMPASS. READING. THE NEXT DAY COMPASS. READING. THE NEXT DAY COMPASS. READING. THE NEXT DAY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CENTER ON THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CENTER ON THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CENTER ON THIS SITE. SUPPOSEDLY MARTIN THIS SITE. SUPPOSEDLY MARTIN THIS SITE. SUPPOSEDLY MARTIN DIVES DEVICES FORCES, DIVES DEVICES FORCES, DIVES DEVICES FORCES, INCLUDING THE ENSLAVED MAN.

[00:02:15]INCLUDING THE ENSLAVED MAN.

[00:02:15]INCLUDING THE ENSLAVED MAN. ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE VERSIONS OF THE STORIES. AND VERSIONS OF THE STORIES. AND VERSIONS OF THE STORIES. AND >> MANAGES TO CONVERGE HERE.

[00:02:20]>> MANAGES TO CONVERGE HERE.

[00:02:20]>> MANAGES TO CONVERGE HERE. BUT MORGAN SAYS THAT'S JUST BUT MORGAN SAYS THAT'S JUST BUT MORGAN SAYS THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE VERSIONS OF ONE OF THE VERSIONS OF ONE OF THE VERSIONS OF STORIES.

[00:02:24]STORIES.

[00:02:24]STORIES. >> HISTORIANS CANNOT >> HISTORIANS CANNOT >> HISTORIANS CANNOT CONFIDENTLY SAY THIS WAS THE CONFIDENTLY SAY THIS WAS THE CONFIDENTLY SAY THIS WAS THE CAVE.

[00:02:28]CAVE.

[00:02:28]CAVE. >> GRANGER, JACOB FIELD >> GRANGER, JACOB FIELD >> GRANGER, JACOB FIELD EXPLAINS THIS CAVE COULD HAVE EXPLAINS THIS CAVE COULD HAVE EXPLAINS THIS CAVE COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE NAME FOR BEEN GIVEN THE NAME FOR BEEN GIVEN THE NAME FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES IN THE ADVERTISING PURPOSES IN THE ADVERTISING PURPOSES IN THE EARLY 1900'S, IT WAS EARLY 1900'S, IT WAS EARLY 1900'S, IT WAS ADVERTISED AT THE SPRING.

[00:02:37]ADVERTISED AT THE SPRING.

[00:02:37]ADVERTISED AT THE SPRING. >> WHILE YOU'RE THERE VISITING >> WHILE YOU'RE THERE VISITING >> WHILE YOU'RE THERE VISITING MADE ME COME GO TO TORIES.

[00:02:40]MADE ME COME GO TO TORIES.

[00:02:40]MADE ME COME GO TO TORIES. THEN. THERE. IT'S POSSIBLE THEN. THERE. IT'S POSSIBLE THEN. THERE. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE LEGEND EMERGED AND THAT THE LEGEND EMERGED AND THAT THE LEGEND EMERGED AND FACTS WERE KIND OF CHANGED A FACTS WERE KIND OF CHANGED A FACTS WERE KIND OF CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. SO WHILE WE MAY LITTLE BIT. SO WHILE WE MAY LITTLE BIT. SO WHILE WE MAY KNOW THIS AS TORIES, DAN.

[00:02:51]KNOW THIS AS TORIES, DAN.

[00:02:51]KNOW THIS AS TORIES, DAN. >> IT VERY WELL MAY NOT HAVE >> IT VERY WELL MAY NOT HAVE >> IT VERY WELL MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH HISTORY IN THIS ONE.

[00:02:54]AS MUCH HISTORY IN THIS ONE.

[00:02:55]AS MUCH HISTORY IN THIS ONE. IT IS A CANDIDATE, BUT IT DOES IT IS A CANDIDATE, BUT IT DOES IT IS A CANDIDATE, BUT IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY. HULL THE NOT NECESSARILY. HULL THE NOT NECESSARILY. HULL THE HISTORY THAT WE ONCE THOUGHT HISTORY THAT WE ONCE THOUGHT HISTORY THAT WE ONCE THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE CORRECT.

[00:03:03]IT COULD HAVE CORRECT.

[00:03:03]IT COULD HAVE CORRECT. >> THAT'S THAT'S THE >> THAT'S THAT'S THE >> THAT'S THAT'S THE MYSTERIES. AND THAT'S PART OF MYSTERIES. AND THAT'S PART OF MYSTERIES. AND THAT'S PART OF THE FUN OF HISTORY IS TRYING THE FUN OF HISTORY IS TRYING THE FUN OF HISTORY IS TRYING TO DIG THROUGH AND YOU PLAY TO DIG THROUGH AND YOU PLAY TO DIG THROUGH AND YOU PLAY DETECTIVE AND TRY TO NAIL DETECTIVE AND TRY TO NAIL DETECTIVE AND TRY TO NAIL SOMETHING DOWN. SO EVEN AFTER SOMETHING DOWN. SO EVEN AFTER SOMETHING DOWN. SO EVEN AFTER 250 YEARS, HISTORIANS LIKE 250 YEARS, HISTORIANS LIKE 250 YEARS, HISTORIANS LIKE MORGAN MORGAN MORGAN >> ARE CONTINUING TO UNCOVER >> ARE CONTINUING TO UNCOVER >> ARE CONTINUING TO UNCOVER THE HISTORY OF AMERICA AND THE HISTORY OF AMERICA AND THE HISTORY OF AMERICA AND STOKES COUNTY, GRETCHEN STOKES COUNTY, GRETCHEN STOKES COUNTY, GRETCHEN STINGER FOX 8 NEWS.

[00:03:21]STINGER FOX 8 NEWS.

[00:03:21]STINGER FOX 8 NEWS. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION >> IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION >> IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT TOYS. DAN CAJUN MORGAN ABOUT TOYS. DAN CAJUN MORGAN