How an explorer stuck in a Kentucky cave for 17 days captured the world's attention
When Floyd Collins ventured into Sand Cave in Kentucky on Jan. 30, 1925, he was searching for the next big attraction. But he ...
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Venture Deep Underground in This Breathtaking National Park
Under a swath of Kentucky hills and hollows is a limestone labyrinth that became the heartland of a national park. The surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 square miles.
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A 100-year-old tragic cave accident led to this national park. Here's what happened.
Cave explorer Floyd Collins got trapped in Sand Cave in Kentucky 100 years ago and later ... With many already located in the western U.S., a study was commissioned to review potential sites ...
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How an explorer stuck in a Kentucky cave for 17 days captured the world's attention
But he never made it out of Sand Cave alive. For 17 days in 1925, the Western Kentucky man unwittingly ballooned into an unexpected media sensation, when a cave-in trapped him by his feet in a ...