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Title
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Kansas City Cave Region
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Description
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"The seven Missouri counties that constitute the Kansas City Cave Region cover 4,253 square miles. A total of 20 caves were recorded here as of April 2007. The cave count, by county, is Cass, 2; Clay, 1; Jackson, 8; Johnson, 2; Lafayette, 1; Pettis, 5; and Platte, 1.""The premier caves of Jackson County are Unity Natural Tunnel, Harrison Parkway Cave, and Santa Fe Trail Spring Cave. Unity Natural Tunnel is 125 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 8 feet high." In 1906, George Pierson mapped Harrison Parkway Cave which is about 140 feet long. "Pierson's map is the second oldest cave map on record in the Missouri cave files, second only to the map of Marvel Cave created in the late 1800s by S. F. Prince." Santa Fe Trail Spring Cave is of historic interest because it once provided water for traders and immigrants headed west on the Santa Fe Trail.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Book Section
