• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

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Wind Cave Room - Omnibus Hall

Stan Allison looks at the paleofill in Omnibus Hall
Stan Allison looks at the paleofill in Omnibus Hall
Photo by Art Palmer
 

A room that had everything in it (stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, frostwork, domes, paleofill, etc.). This was the first large room found by Herb Conn after the Spillway opened up on the western edge of the then known cave. Discovered in July of 1964.

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.