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The Wind Cave area has been protected since 1903, when it became our seventh oldest national park. Regarded as sacred by American Indians, the cave was not found by settlers until 1881, when two brothers, Jesse and Tom Bingham, heard a loud whistling noise. The sound led them to a small hole in the ground, the cave's only natural opening. People Places Stories Collections |
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Meet the people
such as Alvin McDonald, Wind Cave's first explorer, who systematically recorded his cave discoveries
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Visit the places
and learn about the special places in Wind Cave National Park
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Learn the stories
of prehistoric times, over 100 years of cave exploration, the development of the 7th national park
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Browse the collections
and learn about research taking place at Wind Cave National Park and the records of the past
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