Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

In Richard Church's Five Boys in a Cave
(1951), young John Walters discovers the
entrance to the limestone cave and invites
four buddies to explore with him. They find
their way out along a subterranean river. In
the sequel Down River (1958), John Walters
and the Tomahawk Club set out to explore
another underground river, meet a gang of
rival boy explorers and foil smugglers
hauling contraband to a waiting vessel.
Chapter 21 -- Boys Club Singles
Secret of Stygian River (1951) by Elbert M. Hoppenstedt is set in a
Kentucky cavern having an underground river. Spelunker Martin
Gillis discovers a map and coded message which seems to point to
silver bars hidden before the Revolutionary War. Martin's discovery
saves the old Gillis farm from destruction in the path of a new
highway.
We'll visit the cave which likely inspired this setting in Chapter 50,
Then, Madam, You Should Go and See the Great Cave in Kentucky.
The cover of Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face (1952) by
Mildred A. Wirt shows a Scout Leader, a Boy Scout, and Dan in
Cub regalia, hip-deep in an underground stream.
More heroic than the plot is the female author, affixing her true name
to the Cub Scout series.
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