For any Texicans who have done any Ozark caving, this may be of interest: Smallins Cave, near Ozark, Missouri, is being opened as a tourist cave.
Smallins' 50-foot high arched entranceway graced the book jacket of J Harlen Bretz' Caves of Missouri (1956), the bible of young Missouri cavers such as myself. I "explored" the cave back in the early 1960s with my Boy Scout troop. I don't know how I missed the "several smaller openings to the cave that remain unexplored but they think go back, hundreds of miles". Although anything with "Small" in the name is an unfortunate choice for a tourist cave name, this may be offset by the present owner having the perfect name for an Ozark commercial cave guide: Wanetta. More details at: http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=239882 Cheers, Frank Frank Binney Frank Binney & Associates Interpretive Planning and Media Development P.O. Box 258 Woodacre, CA 94973 415.488.1200 Voice 415.488.1500 Fax 415.999.0556 Mobile [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
