Collins In 1925, Floyd Collins became a household name. People all over America were fascinated, horrified, and deeply moved by his dire plight. This extremely emotional response was naturally even stronger among the Cave City locals. Many of them were inspired to rush to Sand Cave and help in the best way they knew how to. As a result, for too long Collins was left to the zealous, unqualified, and amateurish attempts of the locals, who, because of their stubborn pride, did everything they could
National Parks: Mammoth Cave Dedicated scientists and park administrators choose to preserve the Mammoth Cave, located in the heart of Kentucky, for its significance of being incontestably the vastest cave system the world has ever seen. With an area of fifty-two-thousand, eight-hundred and thirty acres, (that’s more than forty-thousand football fields!) the Mammoth Cave became a National Park on the first of July, in the year of 1941. This National Park was and is still being formed by limestone
Mammoth Cave National Park is home to the world’s largest known cave system. Millions of years ago this region was originally located 10° south of the equator (GORP.com, 2002) in an area was covered by shallow seas. Over the years plate tectonics have caused this area to move to 37.1833° north of the equator. Also, causing the shallow sea waters to dissipate and upheaval of the earth’s crust, known as the Cincinnati Arch (Livesay,1953). Over the years the Cincinnati Arch and surrounding areas
a number of important people and aspects to the United States. A look back over Kentucky's history will find items that American citizens use in every day life and may not know or even wonder how or where their existence came about. The only National Holiday honoring American mothers was bought on by a teacher in Henderson, Kentucky, Mary S. Wilson. In 1914 president Woodrow Wilson inducted the second Sunday of May as Mother?s Day. A song sung daily across the U.S. was written in 1893 by sisters
Traveling to the different national parks over the past three years has shaped my perspective of the world and the power of Mother Nature. My grandparents have always had a love for nature, and they wanted my sister and I to experience Mother Nature's work on Earth. They came up with the idea to go on vacation every summer with us to visit the different national parks. Because of them, we have had truly amazing adventures! The first national park that we visited was the Great Smoky Mountains. Seeing
mountains is 250,000,000 years old. The Mississippi River flows through the southeast. In the southeast there is a landform named Mammoth Cave. In 1941 it became a landform. I think it is cool that a simple little ,(well actually huge), cave became a national park! It covers 52,830 acres. (There might be more, all these acres might lead to more) No wonder it is the largest cave system known in the world! Its coordinates are 37°11 North, 86°6 West. I would tell you more, but I must move on. (Seriously
entertainment is amusement parks. One of the common amusement parks located from coast to coast is Six Flags and they draw people in with the ecstasy of 300 foot drops down a roller coaster. Museums may be tranquil compared to a roller coaster ride, but they are also a form of entertainment offered by some vacation destinations. The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and Natural History Museum in Chicago display the Earth’s past and the accomplishments of the human race. Like an amusement park another form of entertainment