DFW GROTTO

The DFW Grotto is a group of cavers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area who explore, study, and promote conservation of caves in Texas and beyond... A favorite cave was Fitton Cave in the Arkansas Ozarks. We discovered that the cave ran under the property of Leslie and Louise Huchingson, good friends of the Johnsons of Ft. Worth who were Grotto members. The cave was protected by a strong gate controlled by Jim Schermerhorn. We made a deal with Jim for cave access; the Grotto would provide the manpower for keeping the gate installed and Jim would check us out a key and provide the Portland cement and Buffalo River gravel for rebuilding the gate. The cave vandals were quite busy in the 1960's and the Grotto had to make numerous trips to Fitton to put the gate back on the cave.Today there is a first class gate on the entrance and since the cave was purchased as part of the Buffalo National River, management of the cave is provided by the National Park Service... Several of the old-timers are..

Primary location: Austin United States