RBC | According to the Aug. 10, 1895 issue of the Meeker Herald, a cave was discovered up the South Fork of the White River about 1884 by Charley Smith. Charley found it, so Charley got to name it. I guess he didn’t care for the name, Charley’s Cave, so it became known as Smith’s Cave. That name didn’t stick either. By 1931, It had become known as Spring Cave.
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