In the Feb. 1, 2001, Daily News, it was reported that Western Kentucky University associate professor of geography and geology Chris Groves was collecting dye-trace samples in Mammoth Cave for a cave water movement project when the ledge he stood on gave way.

He fell 30 feet into a pit of water 2.5 feet deep. A 15-hour rescue later, Groves was finally pushed, pulled and carried from the cave and taken to the hospital with rib and shoulder fractures.

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.