Carver’s Cave / Wakan Tipi
Here’s a free pdf of my 2009 article on Carver’s Cave/Wakan Tipi:
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Fountain Cave
Here’s a free pdf of my 1995 article on Fountain Cave:
Tunnel of Terror
In addition to the Ford mines proper, Ford mined out 1.5 miles of passages below what is now Shepard Road, at a location several miles downriver. The passages are about 20 feet wide and 30 feet high—wide enough for two trucks to pass side by side, and higher than a telephone pole. The Civil Defense […]
French Saltpeter Caves in Minnesota
In 1700, the French fur-trader Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (1657-1704), while ascending the Mississippi River, described saltpeter caves along the west side of Lake Pepin, in Minnesota. This is the earliest record of cave saltpeter in America according to Shaw (1992, p. 52). Le Sueur’s Journal, under the dates September 10 to September 14, 1700, reports […]