Jewel Cave National Monument Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA
About Jewel Cave National Monument
On August 24, 2000 a wildfire started near Jewel Cave. The fire burned 83,508 acres in theBlack Hillsand nearly 90% of Jewel Cave National Monument's land area. Two brothers, Frank and Albert Michaud, filed a mining claim in 1900. This the first written record of Jewel Cave. The brothers intended to transform the cave into a tourist attraction. The remote location of the cave precluded it from being a commercial success. In 1908, US President Theodore Roosevelt set aside the cave as a National Monument following a local movement to preserve the cave. Jewel Cave National Monument is in a large pine forest. There are many wildflowers in the National Monument. As with many national parks and monuments, there are non-native species that the managers actively work to remove. This work restores
Jewel Cave National Monument Travel Guide Sections
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