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Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave Room Names - Z

Room

Date

Named By

Explanation

Z Box Room

07/20/1977

?Bob Galligar, Rod O'Sullivan, Jeri Kizer, Jim Palmer, P. Kittleson A chunk of boxwork on the floor shaped like a "Z" gave this room its name. Now known as the Xerox Room.
Z's Not Enough

01/12/2002

Rod Horrocks, Nick Myers, Chuck Iverson The surveyors finished their survey for the day just as they hit the designation EP2Z in this virgin area. Since they hit Z for the third time that day and there is still more to survey, they decided that "Z is not enough".
Zebra Chamber

02/07/1893

John Stabler, J.D. McDonald  
Zebra Dome

11/14/1992

Stan Allison, Mike Wiles, Myk Coughlin A dome that had lots of Zebra rock in it.
Zebra Rock Rock

11/18/1987

Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza There is a large amount of zebra rock at this location (Zebra rock is a weathered bands of brownish-red and black).
Zerba Room

02/7/2006

Larry Shaffer, Andy Armstrong, Bonny Armstrong, Sara Booth A room with lots of Zebra Rock in it. Intentionally misspelled after the typo found on the 1999 inventory sheet.

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A picture of Alvin McDonald in his caving hat.

Did You Know?
Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave. He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893.
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Last Updated: September 25, 2007 at 16:40 MST