The death of Floyd Collins one century ago is being remembered as a catalyst for the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park, ...
Floyd Collins squeezed himself inside Kentucky's Sand Cave in hopes of exploring its caverns and turning it into a tourist ...
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 ...
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 ...
Floyd Collins trapped in Sand Cave, Ky Jan. 30, 1925 Neighboring Crystal Cave, which is now known as Floyd Collins Crystal Cave, is one of the most beautiful and impressive caves in Western Kentucky.
His legacy has lived on in other ways, too. Singer Vernon Dalhart memorialized him in his hit song, “The Death of Floyd Collins." Collins' Crystal Cave, which remained a tourist destination until the ...
Someone had bought Crystal Cave from the Collins family to continue to give tours, as well as the land of which Floyd was buried on. That new owner decided to use Floyd as a tool for tourism, showing ...