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St. Croix landmark tumbles
Chuck Haga, Star Tribune
April 12, 2005
It stood by the river for thousands of years, shaped by wind, water, heat and cold, and was admired by countless visitors easing past in canoes, boats and inner tubes. It became part of a town's identity and a bond across generations.
But the Devil's Chair, an ancient natural rock formation on the Minnesota side of the St. Croix River near Taylors Falls, is largely gone -- a heap of broken stone scattered about what was the chair's base.
Officials at Minnesota Interstate State Park, which included the famous landmark among its attractions, said Monday that they believe vandals caused much of the chair's high backrest to fall.
"There were scuff marks and pry marks that look like people tried to push more of it over," said Larry Buchholz, park manager. "It was helped to fall."
A rock climber reported the landmark's destruction on Saturday, he said. The
climber had been in the area the previous weekend and saw the Devil's Chair intact, so the damage had to have been done since then.
It is "difficult and challenging but not impossible" to climb to the chair site, Buchholz said.
The Chisago County Sheriff's Office and state conservation officers are
investigating, and notices asking for information have been posted in the area.
Park officials plan to inspect the remaining rock to assess its stability.
"It was our primary scenic, geological and cultural formation, and now it's gone," Buchholz said. "You can't replace it. Once it's gone, it's gone forever."
Both the park and the town of Taylors Falls used the unusual rock formation as a logo.
"It's been a point of local pride since before the park was established in 1895," Buchholz said.
The park also features unusual formations collectively known as the Devil's Parlor -- three or four "potholes" caused by swirling water and sand from melting glaciers boring through solid rock. Two of those holes side by side are known as the Devil's Footprint. They were so named long ago, Buchholz said, "because if you couldn't explain something in the natural world you blamed it on the devil."
Mayor Mike Buchite, a Taylors Falls resident since 1989, said that he has admired the formation since he first saw it in 1971 on a post-prom field trip with other members of the Elk River High School graduating class. He said he hopes an investigation finds that the collapse occurred naturally.
"Mother Nature put it there, and you stand there and look at it in awe," he said. "If Mother Nature were to take it away, you'd still look at it in awe and wonder. But if vandalism was involved, that makes you feel violated."
The city may consider offering a reward for information if vandalism was involved, he said.
Buchite said he visited the site Monday and saw that part of the formation
remains. "It's the back rest area that's gone," he said. "It looks more like a stool now. Maybe we'll rename it the Devil's Stool."
Amy Frischmon, 35, operates Taylors Falls Scenic Boat Tours, which carries
thousands of area people and tourists past the Devil's Chair and other stone
formations each year. "The Devil's Chair is best seen from the river, in the Dalles area of the St. Croix," she said. "It was a pinnacle of rock that looked like a high-backed chair. Millions of visitors must have seen it over the years." Losing it "is quite a tragedy for our little community," she said.
Her great-grandfather started the boat tours company in 1906, "and I grew up climbing in those rocks," she said. "My older kids all got to know the Devil's Chair. Now all I can think about is my 3-year-old will never know it. That makes me sick to my stomach."
That vandalism may have brought the formation down "makes it that much more
horrible," Frischmon said.
Sony NEX-7 + Schneider Xenon 50mm F0.95
I hope to be the first one to try out some street photography with this lens, it is difficult to focus due to the large aperture and super thin DOF but it is very useful in low-light conditions!
I noticed this lens has different characteristics, sometimes has very classic rendering and other times you get very sharp results. Most surprisingly, It has film-like quality when shot in B&W!
Inked by June at Tattoo City (Kuala Lumpur, MY) on 03MAR'12.
First tattoo and love it so much.
If you notice, both of my shoulder blade size/width is different, I think it's due to my numerous racket sports...or her skill's sucks?
...on a California Pottery platter purchased at the St. Vincent de Paul.
I mashed the yolks with ajvar -- a Balkan red pepper sauce I purchased at a specialty store -- a little mayo, minced sweet pickle, and minced fresh jalapeno.
Bogart Handsome Devil, Airedale Terrier, posing in his friend Mareike's backyard
See more of Bogart's adventures at his daily dog blog: www.toaireisdivine.com
Die Notrufzentrale erhält einen verstörenden Anruf: Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) gesteht, drei Menschen brutal ermordet zu haben. 20 Jahre nach diesem Ereignis versucht Marias Tochter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) herauszufinden, was in jener Nacht 1989 wirklich geschah. So reist sie nach Italien, in die Centrino-Klinik, um herauszufinden, ob ihre Mutter tatsächlich geisteskrank ist, oder ob etwas anderes dahinter steckt. In der Hochsicherheitsklinik für psychisch kranke Straftäter trifft sie eine verwirrte Frau, die ihrer Mutter in keiner Weise mehr ähnelt. Sie ist am ganzen Körper mit seltsamen, grauenvollen Schnitten übersät und stößt furchteinflößende Schreie aus. In ihrer Not wendet sich Isabella an die zwei jungen Exorzisten Ben (Simon Quarterman) und David (Evan Helmuth) und bittet die beiden, ihre Mutter mit ihren unkonventionellen, auf Religion und Wissenschaft gleichermaßen beruhenden Methoden zu heilen. Doch der Exorzismus geht schief…und keine Seele ist mehr sicher...
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This amazing exhibition tells the story of arguably the Greatest Munitions Factory on Earth, which was constructed on the Anglo-Scottish Border between scenic Dornock in Scotland and bustling Longtown in England. During 1915, Britain was at a massive disadvantage in the early part of the Great War through lack of a decent and consistent supply of quality ammunition.
That is until 30,000 women and men travelled from all over the world to come and work in this one massive factory, purpose built by the government on the northern shore of the Solway Firth specifically to mass manufacture cordite: a smokeless explosive usually made from nitro-glycerine and nitro-cotton that would go on to turn the battle around! Within 2 years this one uber factory was producing 1,100 tons of cordite a week, which was more than all the other munitions plants in Britain put together!
Nach über 30 Jahren ist im Duisburger Zoo wieder der Teufel los. Seit dem 23. März 2017 haben 2 tasmanische Beutelteufel in ihr neues Gehege bezogen. Die Halbbrüder Cam und Currle sind aus dem Kopenhagener Zoo gekommen.
In freier Wildbahn sin die Beutelteufel von einer hochansteckenden Krankheit bedroht, der Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD).
Der Duisburger Zoo ist einer der wenigen Zoos außerhalb Australiens der Beutelteufel beherbergt und der einzige in Deutschland.
After more than 30 years, the devil is back in the Duisburg Zoo. Since March 23, 2017, 2 Tasmanian devils have moved into their new enclosure. Cam and Currle are brothers and came from the zoo in Copenhagen.
In the wild, the devil are threatened by a high-risk disease, the Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD).
The Duisburg Zoo is one of the few zoos outside Australia who show tasmanian devil and the only one in Germany.
Devil's Backbone State Natural Area at Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. Devil's Backbone Project Area with new growth of Shortleaf Pine following the 2010 prescribed burning of the area. Photo by Yvonne Helton
The downs at the moment look truely amazing wish I could have captured it as it really looks. This is the Devils Dyke on the way to work yesterday
Devils Wall.
This is the „Teufelsmauer“, a geologic oddity that can be found near the Harz mountains and near to my stay last weekend. I visited the place before, it's a strange landmark. Weather was great, bot so much the time I got there, but at least some landscape pictures.
Geniune, period, postally used postcard from 1958 showing a Devil motorcycle.
I collect....
"Any philatelic material that depicts a motorcycle, or part thereof, or name of manufacturer, where the make of motorcycle is recognizable as being of ITALIAN ORIGIN."
In this topic I collect.... "Stamps, mint and used, blocks, sheets, FDC, postally used covers, maximum cards, miniature-souvenir sheets, booklets, postal
stationery, cancellations, metermarks, proofs, stamp art work, artist signed items, poster stamps, errors, some postcards and other philatelic items"
If you have any items you think I might like please contact me at gavinnz@xtra.co.nz
If you are a motorcycle stamp collector then contact me as I have many items spare.
Gavin
Here are the 69 makes I have postal items for at November 2013....
AERMACCHI AGRATI ALIPRANDI APRILIA AQUILA ASTRA BENELLI BETA BIANCHI BIMOTA CAGIVA CAPRIONI CECCATO CIMATTI CM COMET CONTI DEVIL DONISELLI DUCATI FANTIC FERRARI (SF PROTOTYPE) FREJUS FRERA GALLONI GANNA GARELLI GHEZZI-BRIAN GILERA GLORIA G.R. IDROFLEX ISO ITALJET LAMBORGHINI (PROTOTYPE) LAMBRETTA LAVERDA LEGNANO MAGNI MAINO MALAGUTI MALANCA MAS MASERATI MILLER MINARELLI MI-VAL MONDIAL MORBIDELLI MORINI MOTOBI MOTO GUZZI MOTOM MV AGUSTA NCR OXYGEN PARILLA PIAGGIO PRINETTI & STUCCHI RUMI SERTUM SIMPLEX SWM TESTI TORPADO TURKHEIMER VESPA VILLA WOLSIT
Words to help like minded people find me.....
Motorcycle stamps Motorcycle stamp Motorbike stamp Motor Cycle stamp Vespa Stamp
Moto Francobollo poster stamps Motor bike stamps moto busta
collezionista di francobolli del motociclo
"Qualsiasi materiale filatelico che raffigura un motociclo, o parte di esso, o nome del produttore, dove la marca di moto è riconoscibile come di origine italiana".
In questo argomento raccogliere... "Francobolli, menta e usati, blocchi, lastre, FDC, postally usati coperture, carte massime, miniatura-foglietti, libretti, postale
Cancelleria, cancellazioni, metermarks, prove, opera d'arte di timbro, artista firmato articoli, poster francobolli, errori, alcune cartoline e altri articoli filatelici "
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Montalban-Cubao route, Doctor Motors (DMC) boxtype jeepney of Marikina City (aka The Shoe City), Republic of The Philippines, Southeast Asia. - Photo by: Genda Iwakawa - December 30, 2012 (Sunday)