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Discovered by a park ranger in 1966, this is the second largest room in Carlsbad Caverns. It is known for its dense collection of "soda straw" stalactites. Hall of the White Giant A large chamber containing a large, white stalagmite. Rangers regularly lead special wild-cave tours to this room. Halloween Hall
The Caverns Historic District comprises the central developed area of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The complex was built between the early 1920s and 1942, initially in Pueblo Revival style, and later in New Mexico Territorial Revival style in the area around the natural entrance to Carlsbad Caverns. The earlier structures are built of local ...
The Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park is the largest single cave chamber by volume in North America. It is accessible via a relatively flat 1.25 mile (2 km) trail. The cavern was formed ...
April 26, 1946. (1946-04-26) (aged 63) Carlsbad, New Mexico. Occupation. Cave promoter/explorer. James Larkin White (July 11, 1882– April 26, 1946) was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad ...
September 14, 2024 at 1:20 PM. CARLSBAD, N.M. – A Cheetos snack bag left behind in a cave at New Mexico' s Carlsbad Caverns National Park led to park officials condemning the seemingly innocuous ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park shared their thoughts in a Facebook post, mentioning that these impacts are “completely avoidable.” “At the scale of human perspective, a spilled bag may seem ...
The Rattlesnake Springs Historic District is part of an isolated unit of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, surrounding a spring that creates an oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert. The area was homesteaded and farmed in 1880 by William Henry Harrison. Harrison, who claimed kinship with U.S. President William Henry Harrison, established the Harrison ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park rangers pounced into action after a visitor left a bag of Cheetos that inhabitants of the caves found and spread, nearly destroying its ecosystem.