I believe the owner of Indian Creek Cave has passed away. That would be former Texas governor, Dolph Briscoe Jr.
I have no idea how many cavers have been in this cave in the past 25 years. Not me. I made many faithful attempts to get Mr. Briscoe to let me on his property, back in the 80's and early 90's. In those days, I didn't know anybody going to the cave, so I would drive out there from College Station or Houston, and talk to nearby ranchers. I hiked and ridgewalked on ranches adjacent to his, but never saw any caves. I went to both his houses many times and left notes. One of them was on a Texas A&M letterhead from the student affairs office. His wife came to the door, and was not sociable, but I handed her the note asking if I could talk to him about the cave. I went to his office and left a package showing all the info I had collected on the cave, and gave it to his secretary asking for an appointment. He never responded. Shortly before the 94 NSS convention I gave up, as I had heard prominent cavers were trying to contact him to set up a convention trip. And by then, I was trying to gain access to the 3 Langtry caves for the convention, which seemed like a more productive thing to do. After the convention, I focused my attention on trying to get access to a deep pit southwest of Candela, Coahuila, which I eventually did, and made friends with the landowner. So in hindsight, I wish I had never wasted the time and money trying to get into Indian Creek Cave. I believe a few cavers have been able to get into the cave via an easement. Anybody been in the last year or 2 ? David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
