• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wind Cave Room - Mound Builders Rest

Mound Builders Rest
Mound Builders Rest
NPS Photo by Tom Bean
 
Discovered by Alvin McDonald, Elmer McDonald, and Melvin Moore on January 12, 1891. "Mound Builders Rest" was scratched onto a small rock and placed on a ledge along one wall. Mound Builders Rest is a wide, low-ceilinged hall with a high fissure down one side. This area was one of the sites of an early wild caving tour.

Did You Know?

A picture of Alvin McDonald in his caving hat.

Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave.  He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893. More...