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| Name | Date Named | Comments |
| Eagle | ||
| Early Bird Room | Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute | |
| East Branch | 04/08/1892 | Evan and Mary McDonald and George and Minnie Stabler. |
| Easter Basket | 01/08/1992 | Evan Anderson, Pat Roberson, Shawn Kramer |
| Eastern Star Room | 06/13/1891 | Named for the Eastern Star group who held a meeting in the cave in this area. May also be the room called Five Points by Alvin McDonald. |
| Ebonite Passage | 05/12/1991 | An area with little black crystals ranging from very small up to 1/2" long. Exits on the HN survey on the Lakes Route. Bill Hawn, Bob Phillips, Vern Carlson, & Dave Lester. |
| Editors Sanctum | 07/21/2000 | The words "Editors Sanctum NT" were found written in 19th century script in pencil in the ceiling of this room. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Ed Schenk, Belinda Fox, & Todd Brink |
| Ed's Alley | 04/13/1985 | An eight-foot high passage found by Ed LaRock. Andy Flurkey, John Scheltens, Ed LaRock, & Rich Sloan. |
| Eds Big Room | 02/11/1984 | A low-ceilinged room. Ed LaRock, John Scheltens, Eric Liebes, & Andy Flurkey. |
| Eds Bad Lunch Room | 02/06/1982 | John Scheltens, Ed LaRock, & E. Liebes |
| Egg Hatchery | Named for the geodes found in the walls and ceiling of this area. These geodes look like eggs stuck in the walls of the cave. Lester Lewis, Dave Springhetti, Mark Stock. | |
| 1897 Room | 4/21/1984 | A room with the date 1897 written on the wall next to a big rock. Between the Cairn Room and the Amphitheater. Name was on a 1963 map by Daniel Fredman. |
| 86-Mile Dome | 11/27/1999 | A 22-foot high dome that was encountered just as the cave survey arrived at the 86-mile mark. In the Mind Boggler passage. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Marc Ohms, & Brad Oen |
| El Discusto Crawl | 09/01/1980 | A nasty little crawl near Bush Gardens. John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti |
| El Poop-O | 11/03/1986 | This tight hole had a strong wind blowing through it and even though Jim Pisarowicz had removed his clothes he could still not get through. The name represents the frustration of the explorers. Bob Kobza and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Elbow Room | 07/14/1976 | Just past the Armpit. Surveyed by Phil Dodge, Don Frankfort, Bob Huber and Jim Palmer. |
| Elephant Hall | 1985 | Lower level cave reached from a 60-foot rappel from Devils Lookout. Surveyed by Jim Pisarowicz, Warren Netherton and Karen Rosga |
| Elephant Trunk | A huge trunk passage 40-feet wide, 30-feet high and over 800-feet long. Named for its size. John Scheltens & Mike Wiles ? | |
| Elephant Stream | 07/17/1989 | A passage with sediment formed into swirling patterns by running water. There were 5-inch gypsum starbursts too. Darren Ressler, Stacy Smyth, Brad Stephenson, & Michelle Youngquist |
| Elephant Stuff | 07/17/1989 | A 25-foot tall fissure passage underneath the Elephant Trunk. The ES survey. Darren Ressler, Stacy Smyth, Brad Stephenson, & Michelle Youngquist |
| 11:11 Room | 05/19/1986 | Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Mike Bailey, & Ted Myers |
| Elks Resort | ||
| Elks Room | 06/06/1976 | A projection coming up from the floor of this room resembles an elk's head. Surveyed by Carla Knapp, Janine LeRoy, Sandy Simon and Chuck Ward. |
| Elronds Hall | 07/01/1981 | A 24-foot high passage. The ceiling looks like calcite jungle area. Phil Dodge, Tom Sheehan, Mary and Mike Laycock. |
| Emperor Maximus | 08/01/1970 | This HUGE helictite bush has been described as "the ruler of all helictite bushes". Chris Hill |
| EMT Hall | 11/17/1990 | Ted Lappin,Mike Behn, & Ed LaRock |
| ENT Forest, The | 11/18/1989 | A group of stalagmites consisting of densely intergrown black helictites. Ed LaRock, Alan Williams, Larry Richards, & Mike Behn |
| Epiglottus, The | 07/11/1992 | Dave & Steve Lester, Kevin Smith, Becky Ward, & Linda Gentile |
| Escape Stairs | A service trail between the Eastern Star Room and the lower elevator landing. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) in 1934. | |
| ES Stream | 07/17/1989 | Evidence in sediment of a former stream. Just off of the Elephant Trunk, thus named Elephant Stuff Stream. Darren Ressler, Michelle Youngquist, Stacy Smyth, & Brad Stephenson |
| Eughx! | 10/24/1992 | Tight crawl leading to Cosmos. Stan Allison, Harry Burgess, Mike Wiles and Myk Coughlin. |
| Evan's Little Lake | 01/14/1994 | Steve Lester, Doug Kent, Evan Anderson, & Lee Blazek |
| Evan's Plunge | 10/22/1986 | Small lake just beyond Lake Land and named after the explorers favorite haunt after a long caving trip (especially the hot tubs). Evans Plunge resort was giving the explorers free admittance at the time and an article was put in the local newspaper about the naming of the lake. Jim Pisarowicz and Bob Kobza |
| Ever Ending Room | 3/14/01 | The cavers surveyed a room with multiple dead-end side leads and so they named it theEver Ending Room. Rod Horrocks, Dave Shurtz, Ryan Shurtz, and Jordan Shurtz. |
| Evil Twin | 05/13/1995 | A very exposed traverse across a pit to a rope. Paul Burger, Steve Lester, Dennis Laird, & Bruce Albright. |
| Expectation Trail | 03/1/1983 | When first explored, this section of cave was headed straight towards the Blowhole by the park's horse corrals. There was much expectation that a connection could be made with the Blowhole. The connection did not materialize on this trip. Surveyed by Tod Collet, Andy Harley, Ted Stlouks and Don Susfolk. |
| Exposition Hall | 07/21/2000 | A 30 x 50' room just north of the benches in the Fairgrounds. Named because Exposition Halls are often associated with State Fairgrounds. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Ed Schenk, Belinda Fox, & Todd Brink. |
| Eye of the Needle | 03/11/1992 | Max Manzur, Becky Ward, Wes Allen, & David Coles. |
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