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Stefan at the Devil's Tower in Wyoming. We visited this after two nights in the Black Hills, and on our way father west. On the other side of the road were dozen of Harley riders in the area for Sturgis-related activities.
Devils Tower (Lakota: Matȟó Thípila (“Bear Lodge”) or Ptehé Ǧí (“Brown Buffalo Horn”) (Arapaho: Wox Niiinon ) is an igneous intrusion or laccolith in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,114 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument’s boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha).
In recent years, about 1% of the Monument’s 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.Tribes including the Arapaho, Crow, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Lakota, and Shoshone had cultural and geographical ties to the monolith before caucasians reached Wyoming. Their names for the monolith include: Aloft on a Rock (Kiowa), Bear’s House (Cheyenne, Crow), Bear’s Lair (Cheyenne, Crow), Daxpitcheeaasáao, “Home of bears” (Crow[6]), Bear’s Lodge (Cheyenne, Lakota), Bear’s Lodge Butte (Lakota), Bear’s Tipi (Arapaho, Cheyenne), Tree Rock (Kiowa), and Grizzly Bear Lodge (Lakota).
The name Devil’s Tower originated in 1875 during an expedition led by Col. Richard Irving Dodge when his interpreter misinterpreted the name to mean Bad God’s Tower, which then became Devil’s Tower. All information signs in that area use the name “Devils Tower”, following a geographic naming standard whereby the apostrophe is eliminated.
In 2005, a proposal to recognize several American Indian ties through the additional designation of the monolith as Bear Lodge National Historic Landmark met with opposition from the United States Representative Barbara Cubin, arguing that a “name change will harm the tourist trade and bring economic hardship to area communities”.
from visitnature.com
This is a reshoot of a couple days ago took it this morning. Still not real happy with it. What do you think?
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I felt like I was in a Harley store at Devils Tower, so many bikes! If I had to pick one this would be it.
Location Crook County, Wyoming, USA
Nearest city Hulett, Wyoming
Coordinates: 44°35′25″N by 104°42′55″W
Area1,346.91 acres (5.45 km2)
EstablishedSeptember 24, 1906
Visitors386,558 (in 2004)
Governing body National Park Service
Devils Tower (Lakota: Matȟó Thípila ("Bear Lodge") or Ptehé Ǧí ("Brown Buffalo Horn") (Arapaho: Wox Niiinon) is an igneous intrusion or laccolith in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,114 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres.
In recent years, about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.
The information above comes from Wikipedia:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower
Devils Tower was the last stop on our vacation through South Dakota and the Black Hills. Robert and I had both been there as children but never together so it was alot of fun to see it again! I took this shot close up of Devils Tower just to see the textures in it. Devils Tower is such an amazing natural landmark, if you're in the area you should definitely visit!
An excerpt from RTNA 2009 by Bryan Montanio:
...It was here, patiently writing postcards I first encountered Norman Milleron. Standing roughly 6’ 5” with gray hair and hands only a giant could wield, this prized park ranger inquired as to my writings and then never stopped. As the others trickled in, Norman lectured on the beautiful formation standing before us and then moved on to topics of Virginia Tech, his life and of course, the road trip. A former English teacher, Vietnam vet, nature enthusiast, and Californian, we were afforded a slew of tips, recommendations and ideas for the next leg of our journey. The end of his shift marked the beginning of our private tour of the boulder field at the Rock’s base (fun fact: the number of seemingly separate aspen trunks in a given area actually all stem from the same plant?). Our tour culminated at the ranger station where we were sat down and directed to many of his scenic suggestions in his handy Wal-Mart atlas. An exchange of contact information followed as did an invitation to dinner that evening. Naturally, I have never been one to pass up an evening meal with one of Devil’s Tower’s finest, and so we agreed. A quick detour led us to one of Norman’s favorite views of the tower where he would become the first outsider to join in probably the best RTNA photo thus far. The Ponderosa Café is owned and operated by a former Manhattan food critic (who we got to meet), moved out west for its proximity to his brother. Working harder than ever before as both manager and head chef, his efforts were well received by a gang of hungry road trippers who, moments earlier, had expected a hearty PB&J. It was tilapia (Norm’s, “fish with the letter ‘T’”) all around (except Nick who preferred a barbeque brisket) as well as laughter (except Nick who preferred a more modest chuckle). Norman continued to enthrall us with his extensive knowledge of bears (fun fact #2: petting black bear cubs is apparently not all that dangerous – just make sure it is in fact a black bear and its much less understanding grizzly cousin) and his experiences as a ranger, while we shared with him our travels in Europe and long days in studio. It was an eventful meal, one that left our minds racing and our stomachs churning. But our time with Norman would not end there. He invited us back to his house for some further story sharing intermixed with some light Jazz on the guitar. Now dark, in an effort to attempt to stay relatively on schedule, we had to decline a further generous offer to spend the night. But for Norman’s hospitality, both unexpected and unmatched, we will remain in his debt...