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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TO_what-are-those-big-concrete-pyramids-down-by-the-river_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Ever wonder what those big concrete pyramids down by the river are? Why are they there? How long have they been there?
Before the Keyhole Dam was built in 1952, the old bridge (built in 1928) across the Belle Fourche River was frequently in dan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UJ7_devils-tower-the-first-national-monument-historical_Devils-Tower-WY.html
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower a national monument on September 24, 1906.
President Roosevelt acted under the authority of of the Antiquities Act of 1906 which declared, "that the President of the United States is hereby au…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIU_friends-family-and-fun-historical_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Music! Dancing! Baseball! Food! Drink! Friends! Relatives! All this and more took place at the Old Settler's Picnic. Pioneer gatherings at the Tower, usually on the 4th of July, started in the 1890s. These events drew hundreds for the biggest loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIP_devils-tower-historical_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Although Devils Tower has long been a prominent landmark in northeastern Wyoming. the origin of the mammoth rock obelisk remains somewhat obscure. Geologists agree that Devils Tower consist of molten rock forced upward from deep within the earth. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DLZ_how-did-the-tower-form_Devils-Tower-WY.html
The process began about 50 million years ago. Magma (molten rock) was injected into layers of sedimentary rock, forming the Tower one and one-half miles below the earth's surface. It has since taken millions of years to erode away the surrounding …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DLY_buried-tower_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Ancient rivers took millions of years to excavate Devils Tower. The waters carried away softer sedimentary rocks leaving behind the hard igneous rock called phonolite. This rock type is found here in northeastern Wyoming, and central Montana, but …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DLX_people-of-the-land_Devils-Tower-WY.html
The Tower and Black Hills area have been a gathering place and home to many people. Archeological discoveries show that native people lived here 10,000 years ago. As time passed, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Kiowa, Lakota, and Shoshone all developed c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D5M_life-above-and-below-ground_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Above ground, prairie dogs are usually looking for plants to eat, eating, or scanning for predators. At a warning bark, prairie dogs dive into a dark city of tunnels, where they spend more than half their lives. They play an important role in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN19_devils-tower_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Devils Tower, an important landmark for Plains Indian tribes long before the white man reached Wyoming, was called Mateo Tepee, or Grizzly Bear Lodge, by the Sioux. A number of Indian legends describe the origin of Devils Tower. One legend tells a…