Floyd Collins

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title: Floyd Collins
text: William Floyd Collins was an American cave explorer, principally in a region of Kentucky that houses hundreds of miles of interconnected caves, today a part of Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest known cave system in the world. During the early 20th century, in an era known as the Kentucky Cave Wars, spelunkers and property owners entered into bitter competition to exploit the bounty of caves for commercial profit from tourists, who paid to see the caves. In 1917 and 1918, Collins discovered
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description: American cave explorer (1887–1925)
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date created: 2005-01-01T22:55:04Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T02:32:21Z
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