INDIANA CAVE CAPERS HISTORY
Year Month Location Program Chairman, Grotto
1 1954 27-29 Aug Wyandotte Cave Hotel Personal Slides & Photos Roy Davis, Scotto Grotto
2 1955 15-17 Jul IU South Hall Slide Show "Cave Exploration" Porter E Ward, CIG
3 1956 3-5 Aug IU Forest Hall Roy Davis "Caving" Thurman Ridlen, CIG
4 1957 2-4 Aug Wyandotte Cave Brother Nicholas & Lee Baker "Carlsbad Caverns" Ruben J Vig, CIG
5 1958 1-3 Aug Cave River Valley Roger Brucker "Caving for Cash" Authur Davis, CIG
6 1959 31 July - 2 Aug IU Bloomington Burnell F Ehman "Cave Safety" Gary Brandenburg, CIG
7 1960 5-7 Aug Wyandotte Cave Jack Stellmack "An almost caving trip to Cuba" Larry Fisher, CIG
8 1961 4-6 Aug Spring Mill Park Roy Davis "Caving" Tom Rea, CIG
9 1962 3-5 Aug Wildwood Lakes Brother Nicholas "Early Man in American Caves" Tom Rea, CIG
10 1963 2-4 Aug Harrison County State Forest Russ Gurnee "Rio Camuy" Pat Humphery, CIG
11 1964 7-9 Aug Bedford 4H Fairgrounds Tom Barr "Cave Life in Mammoth" Tom Rea, CIG
12 1965 6-8 Aug Wildwood Lakes Roy Davis "Caving" Bob Hosley, CIG
13 1966 12-14 Aug Rotary Springs Jack Stellmack "International Congress of Speleology Yugoslovia" Bill Tozer, CIG
14 1967 4-6 Aug Doe Run Inn, Kentucky John Cooper "Cave Life" Tom Rea, CIG
15 1968 14-16 Jun Bedford 4H Fairgrounds Dick Powell "Lost River" Keith Akers, CIG
16 1969 1-3 Aug Blue River Inn Ralph Ewers "Cave at Cincinnati Natural History Museum" Sam Frushour, CIG
17 1970 19-21 Jun Tucker Lake Harold Meloy "Tales of Mammoth" Larry Reece, CIG
18 1971 6-8 Aug Bedford 4H Fairgrounds Dave Brison "Caves in Science Fiction" John Horton, CIG
19 1972 9-11 Jun Campbellsburg Conservation Club Rane Curl & Jaques Chabuert "French Caves" Sam Frushour, CIG
20 1973 17-19 Aug Lost River Campground, Orange County "Caving" Jim Craig, CIG
21 1974 21-23 Jun Blue River Stage Stop Roy Davis "Caving" John Hartman, CIG
22 1975 15-17 Aug Vic Green "Cave River Valley History" Harold Meloy "Tales of Mammoth" Ray Beam, CIG
23 1976 6-8 Aug Cave River Valley Russ Gurnee "Rio Camuy" Bill Waymire, CIG
24 1977 17-19 Jun Lickford Valley Richard Schreiber "San Augustin Mexico" Bill Tozer, CIG
25 1978 4-6 Aug Sullivan Cave Bill Deane "Formation caves and pits of the west" Mike Gumm, CIG
26 1979 8-10 Jun Murphy's Campground Roger Brucker "Real story of Floyd Collins" Lynn Miller, CIG
27 1980 15-17 Aug Sullivan Cave John Mylorie "Caving from the Dark Side" Lynn Miller, CIG
28 1981 14-16 Aug Lickford Valley Bill Tozer "Mexico Caving" Lynn Miller, CIG
29 1982 6-8 Aug White River Bow Hunters Club Charles Bishop "James-Coach Cave System" Dean Myer, CIG
30 1983 5-7 Aug Cedar Ridge Campground, Lake Monroe Paul Mills "Missouri Caves" Dean Myer, CIG
31 1984 3-5 Aug Stage Stop Campground Dave Black "Recent Disoveries Harrison Crawford State Forest" Jane Miller, CIG
32 1985 9-11 Aug Bedford 4H Fairgrounds Noel Sloan "Diving in Huautla Mexico" Lynn Miller, CIG
33 1986 8-10 Aug Buzzards Roost, Crawford County Norm Pace "Stones Left Unturned" Dave E Haun, CIG
34 1987 10-12 July Springs Valley, Tucker Lake Bill Tozer "Mexican Caving" Dave E Haun, CIG
35 1988 12-14 Aug Delaney Park Phil O'Dell "Hidden River and Horse Cave KY" Scott Fee, CIG
36 1989 14-16 Jul Hickory Hills Campground Jeff St. Clair "Hoosier National Forest" Bob Vandeventer, CIG
37 1990 10-12 Aug Stage Stop Camground Dave Black "1970 & 1980's Cave Exploration in Harrison County" Kevin Bruno, CIG
38 1991 9-11 Aug Beford 4H Fairgrounds Sam Frushour "The Great Caves of Lawrence County" Scott Fee, CIG
39 1992 19-21 Jun Beford 4H Fairgrounds Bob Ward "Mammoth Cave History and Restoration" Scott Fee, CIG
40 1993 18-20 Jun Delaney Park Horton Hobbs III "Cave Biology" "Anniversary Mulit-Media Presentation Dave E Haun, CIG
41 1994 12-14 Aug Camp Rivervale Rick Olson "Mammoth Cave" Dave E Haun, CIG
42 1995 18-20 Jun Camp Rivervale Dick Powel "Wyandotte Cave" Bill Greenwald, CIG
43 1996 21-23 Jun Stage Stop Campground Gary Roberson "Marengo Cave" Bill Greenwald, CIG
44 1997 1-3 Aug Pic-A-Chic Farm Mike Futtrell "Caving" Joe Oliphant, CIG
45 1998 12-14 Jun Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon Art & Peggy Palmer "Indiana Caving" Joe Oliphant, CIG
46 1999 18-20 Jun Hickory Hills Campground Bill Halliday "Best Caves of Hawaii" Dave E Haun, CIG
47 2000 11-13 Aug Delaney Park Peter Quick "Fisher Ridge Cave KY" Dave E Haun, CIG
48 2001 10-12 Aug Camp Rivervale Pat Kambesis "Island De Mona P.R." Eric Higbie, CIG
49 2002 9-11 Aug Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon Yvonne Droms "Caving the Deep in Mexico" Eric Higbie, CIG
50 2003 20-22 Jun Delaney Park Capers 50th Anniversary!
Norm Pace "Stones Left Unturned Revisited"
Ron Adams, CIG
51 2004 11-13 Jun Crawford County 4H Fairground, Marengo Marion Smith "Discovery and Exploration of Rumbling Falls Cave TN" Ron Adams, CIG
52 2005 5-7 Aug Crawford County 4H Fairground, Marengo Mike Minton "In Search of the Worlds Deepest Caves" Eric Higbie, CIG
53 2006 23-25 Jun Camp Rivervale, Mitchell IN Mike and Andrea Futrell "Multi-year Caving in China" Eric Higbie, CIG
54 2007 4-6 May Fig Newton's Farm, Marengo, IN CaveCapers and the 20th Annual Hogfest "Open Program of Cavers showing their Slides and telling their stories Carla Striegel, HCG and Ron Adams, CIG
55 2008 11-13 Jun Doezrma Estate Milltown,IN Jerry Lewis "Cave Biology and help with the TV Show Dirty Jobs" Ron Adams, CIG
56 2009 14-16 Aug Camp Rivervale Surprises Await! Ron Adams, CIG