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The Kentucky Cave Wars were a pivotal era in the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park. Floyd Collins' death may have come during the peak of this toxic, and frequently ridiculous, competition for prime cave real estate, but it was far from an isolated incident.
The story of the Kentucky Cave Wars has its roots over a century earlier, when Mammoth Cave first opened its "doors" for tourism. That fateful decision set it on a path it would never look back on.
In this video, I tell you the story of the Kentucky Cave Wars and how decades of conflict, infighting, toxicity, and absurdity proved to be pivotal in the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park.
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The Kentucky Cave Wars: The Century That Shaped Mammoth Cave National Park by David Kem
nps.gov/articles/000/the-kentucky-cave-wars.htm
http://people.wku.edu/katie.algeo/SE_Geog_article.pdf
perma.cc/F6GF-6C3Q
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J Wellington Young, National Park Concessions, Inc
W Ray Scott, National Park Concessions, Inc
National Park Service
Library of Congress
Mammoth Cave National Park
Open Parks Network
National Cave Museum
National Archives
Willis T Lee, USGS
Storyblocks
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The Kentucky Cave Wars were a pivotal era in the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park. Floyd Collins' death may have come during the peak of this toxic, and frequently ridiculous, competition for prime cave real estate, but it was far from an isolated incident.
The story of the Kentucky Cave Wars has its roots over a century earlier, when Mammoth Cave first opened its "doors" for tourism. That fateful decision set it on a path it would never look back on.
In this video, I tell you the story of the Kentucky Cave Wars and how decades of conflict, infighting, toxicity, and absurdity proved to be pivotal in the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park.
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Support National Park Diaries on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: @nationalparkdiaries
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SOURCES
The Kentucky Cave Wars: The Century That Shaped Mammoth Cave National Park by David Kem
nps.gov/articles/000/the-kentucky-cave-wars.htm
http://people.wku.edu/katie.algeo/SE_Geog_article.pdf
perma.cc/F6GF-6C3Q
IMAGES
J Wellington Young, National Park Concessions, Inc
W Ray Scott, National Park Concessions, Inc
National Park Service
Library of Congress
Mammoth Cave National Park
Open Parks Network
National Cave Museum
National Archives
Willis T Lee, USGS
Storyblocks
