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

Singer Vernon Dalhart memorialized him in his hit song, “The Death of Floyd Collins." Collins' Crystal Cave, which remained a tourist destination until the 1960s, also became part of the ...

When Floyd Collins ventured into Sand Cave in Kentucky on Jan. 30, 1925, he was searching for the next big attraction. But he never made it out alive.

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

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

The drill boring down through Sand Cave, where Floyd Collins has been imprisoned for eight and a half days, had been ...

In 1925, a farmer named Floyd Collins became trapped while exploring a remote Kentucky cave and died several days later, despite a massive rescue effort that attracted national attention.

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

Cave City got a preview of the Southern Kentucky Performing Art Center’s production of “Floyd Collins The Musical.” The cast performed one of the songs at Ace Coffee on Saturday morning for spectators ...

Floyd Collins got trapped in a Kentucky cave 100 years ago this week, an incident that led to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Neighboring Crystal Cave, which is now known as Floyd Collins Crystal Cave, is one of the most beautiful and impressive caves in Western Kentucky. Even so, the Collins family had a hard time ...

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 ...