Floyd Collins squeezed himself inside Kentucky's Sand Cave in hopes of exploring its caverns and turning it into a tourist ...

Cave explorer Floyd Collins got trapped in Sand Cave in Kentucky 100 years ago and later died. The incident drew national attention and helped lead to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

The death of a Kentucky cave explorer a century ago is being remembered as a catalyst for the formation of Mammoth Cave ...

Kentucky cave explorer Floyd Collins became a national sensation in 1925 when he became trapped inside a cave for 17 days. Collins' entrapment and death drew national media attention, with ...

An explorer of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky who died 100 years ago is credited with the creation of the national park.

CAVE CITY — When Floyd Collins was trapped inside Sand Cave a century ago, it’s unlikely anyone thought there would be a musical produced about his life. On Saturday though, cast members of SK ...

Ace Coffee Co. in Cave City served as the venue for the 100th anniversary of "Carnival Sunday," the day before Floyd Collins ...

University Press of Kentucky plans to release a revised, third edition of 'Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins' by the late historian Robert K. Murray and renowned cave explorer Roger W. Brucker, on ...

There’s a particular chill that creeps in when you learn that a musical is about a man trapped underground, left to contemplate life and death as rescue ...

When Floyd Collins ventured into Sand Cave in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky on Jan. 30, 1925, he was searching for a destination that would draw in people in from all over world. Remarkably, the cave ...