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

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

The death of Floyd Collins one century ago is being remembered as a catalyst for the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park, ...

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

The drill boring down through Sand Cave, where Floyd Collins has been imprisoned for eight and a half days, had been penetrated to a depth of sixty feet without breaking through into the ...

“Something really cool that we’re doing is actually saving a seat for Floyd Collins,” McFarland said. “It’s said whenever you’re going down to Crystal Cave, if you pass by Floyd ...

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.

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 ...