Karst cave
| Location: | On State Highway 60, 24km south-east of Prarie du Chein. |
| Open: | closed. [2007] |
| Fee: | closed. [2007] |
| Classification: |
Karst cave
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| Light: | electric |
| Dimension: | T=11°C, L=426m. |
| Guided tours: | D=40min. |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: | Kickapoo Indian Caverns, Scenic Highway 60, 200 Wet Rhein Hollow Rd., Wauzeka, WI 53826, Tel: +1-608-875-7723 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:32:32 $ |
| 1800s | first mentioned in miners reports. | |
| 1923 | knwon as Goblin Cave. | |
| 1947 | visitor center built. | |
| 04-JUL-1947 | opened to the public. | |
| 2007 | cave closed, reopening unclear. |
Kickapoo Indian Cavern was a shelter for native Indians for centuries. The adjacent Native American Museum tells much about this long history. The usage of the cave by Kickapoo Indians for at least 500 years is asumed. But the earliest records of the cave date from the early 1800's, when it was mentioned in reports of prospecting lead miners.
The Kickapoo are a tribe of Algonquian stock, closely related to the Sauk and Foxes. The word Kickapoo is an Algoquin word meaning "moving about" or "flitting", so the Kickapoo are the "roamers". As the name says, they were known for their roving and adventurous nature. However, it has nothing to do with the fact that they ceded all their lands in Illinois and Indiana between 1809 and 1819, removing first to Missouri and later to Kansas. At last most of them moved to Mexico.
The cave had lately various probems with increasing costs, with decreasing numbers of visitors, and the problem to find good guides. So the owner closed the cave in 2007. We do not know if this is just temporarily or if it will stay closed.
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