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11	Analysis of Mammoth Cave Pre-Park Communities Brunt, Matthew 01 December 2009 (has links) Before the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park, this area was home to numerous communities, each with a sense of identity. To prepare for the creation of the National Park, all residents living within these communities were relocated, and many of these communities were lost to the passage of time. Today, public memory of these lost communities is being fostered by the descendents of the pre-park area. Through the use of a Historical Geographic Information System, 1920 Edmonson County manuscript census data, and statistical analysis, the demographic composition of these lost communities was explored. This project not only brought to light a past that is not well known, but also built interest in sustaining public memory of the Mammoth Cave pre-park area through the use of historical GIS and public participation. Historical Geographic Information System Mammoth Cave National Park Edmonson County Kentucky Green River Mammoth Cave Hotel demographic analysis 1920 Mammoth Cave Area Demography, Population, and Ecology Environmental Sciences Geographic Information Sciences Geography Human Geography Natural Resources Management and Policy Nature and Society Relations Place and Environment Rural Sociology Tourism Work, Economy and Organizations
12	Carved Fox, Amberly 20 December 2009 (has links) The poems in Carved take the reader on a journey of self-discovery and explore the inequalities of human relationships: between being silent and the discovery of one's voice. The collection also addresses humanity's destructive imprint and the resiliency of nature in reclaiming what humanity sought to exploit and conquer. The poems expose the ironies in how we imagine things to be, compared to their reality. Some of the poems also draw parallels between the process of going underground and that of being reborn, as well as the spiritual experience of caving. acting body cave childhood creative writing darkness discovery deer farm feminism Kentucky Mammoth Cave M.F.A. nature poetry regional self silence South stalactite voice womanhood
13	The Significance of Access: Students with Mobility Impairments Constructing Geoscience Knowledge Through Field-Based Learning Experiences Atchison, Christopher Lawrence 22 July 2011 (has links) No description available. Adult Education Earth Education Geological Geology Higher Education Science Education Teaching disabilities mobility impairments geology cave and karst Mammoth Cave National Park geoscience education accessibility inclusion accommodation field-based learning transformative learning theory
14	"Deep" South: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and Environmental Knowledge, 1800-1974 Warrick, Alyssa Diane 08 December 2017 (has links) Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is the longest known cave in the world. This dissertation examines the history of how scientists and non-scientists alike contributed to a growing body of knowledge about Mammoth Cave and how that knowledge in turn affected land use decisions in the surrounding neighborhood. During the nineteenth century visitors traveled through Mammoth Cave along with their guides, gaining knowledge of the cave by using their senses and spreading that knowledge through travel narratives. After the Civil War, cave guides, now free men who chose to stay in the neighborhood, used the cave as a way to build and support their community. New technologies and new visitors reconstructed the Mammoth Cave experience. Competing knowledge of locals and science-minded individuals, new technologies to spread the cave experience, and a growing tourism industry in America spurred the Kentucky Cave Wars during the late-nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, cutthroat competition between caves crystallized support for a national park at Mammoth Cave. Park promoters met resistance. Cave owners’ knowledge of what they owned underground helped them resist condemnation. Those affected by the coming of the national park made their protests known on the landscape, in newspapers, and in courtrooms. The introduction of New Deal workers, primarily the Civilian Conservation Corps, at Mammoth Cave and a skeleton staff of National Park Service officials faced antagonism from the local community. Important discoveries inside Mammoth Cave hastened the park’s creation, but not without lingering bitterness that would affect later preservation efforts. The inability of the park promoters to acquire two caves around Mammoth Cave was a failure for the national park campaign but a boon for exploration. The postwar period saw returning veterans and their families swarming national parks. While the parking lots at Mammoth Cave grew crowded and the Park Service attempted to balance preservation and development for the enjoyment of the visiting public, underground explorers were pushing the cave’s known extent to new lengths. This new knowledge inspired a new generation of environmentalists and preservationists to use the Wilderness Act to advocate for a cave wilderness designation at Mammoth Cave National Park. Mammoth Cave Kentucky caves conservation preservation environmental history southern wilderness Cave Research Foundation caving exploration saltpetre subterranean Wilderness Act John Croghan Stephen Bishop Hovey Progressive park National Park Service national park Floyd Collins tuberculosis consumption slave enslaved slavery underground cave caves knowledge creation travel tourism

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