• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wind Cave Room - Bishop Fowler Loop

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Phil Dodge looks Mary McDonald (early cave explorer) signiture along the Bishop Fowler Loop
NPS Photo by Bill Holmes
 
The name "Bishop Fowler" is written into the soft limestone above the passage that goes into this route through the cave. Bishop Fowler was a prominent figure in the Methodist Church. He helped establish the Black Hills College in Hot Springs.  This route through the cave is attributed to Alvin McDonald in 1891.

Did You Know?

Sign used at Wind Cave in 1903 when the cave became a national park.

Wind Cave is the first cave in the world to be designated as a national park. That occurred on January 9, 1903.