DEVILS TOWER
The Legend
The Devils Tower in Wyoming was set aside as a National monument in 1906.
Actually it is the core of a volcano, exposed after millions of years of erosion, brought on by the Belle Fourche River and weather.
The tower is 865 feet of rock, just out there by its self.
The distance of the perimeter is 1 ¼ miles around. The walking trail around it has been paved and there are benches along the way to rest on. It is a very interesting walk. Not only the rock formation, to study but the rock climbers.
Rock climbers from all over the world come to climb the tower.
Many Native Americans hold it sacred. A legend goes with the Devils Tower, passed down through time.
One day, an Indian tribe was camped beside the river and seven small girls were playing at a distance from camp.
The region had a large bear population and a bear began to chase the girls. They ran back toward their village, but the bear was about to catch them.
The girls jumped upon a rock about three feet high and began to pray to the rock, “Rock, take pity on us, Rock save us.” the rock heard the pleas of the young girls and began to elongate itself upwards, pushing them higher and higher out of reach of the bear. The bear clawed and jumped at the sides of the rock. Breaking its claws and falling to the ground.
The bear continued to jump at the rock until the girls were pushed up into the sky. They are there to this day in a group of seven little stars (the Pleiades). The marks of the bear claws are there yet.
As one looks upon the tower and contemplates it uniqueness, could the legend be true?
This is a unique and educational place to bring the family.
Located in Northeast Wyoming, near Gillettte, on I-90
The Devils Tower in Wyoming was set aside as a National monument in 1906.
Actually it is the core of a volcano, exposed after millions of years of erosion, brought on by the Belle Fourche River and weather.
The tower is 865 feet of rock, just out there by its self.
The distance of the perimeter is 1 ¼ miles around. The walking trail around it has been paved and there are benches along the way to rest on. It is a very interesting walk. Not only the rock formation, to study but the rock climbers.
Rock climbers from all over the world come to climb the tower.
Many Native Americans hold it sacred. A legend goes with the Devils Tower, passed down through time.
One day, an Indian tribe was camped beside the river and seven small girls were playing at a distance from camp.
The region had a large bear population and a bear began to chase the girls. They ran back toward their village, but the bear was about to catch them.
The girls jumped upon a rock about three feet high and began to pray to the rock, “Rock, take pity on us, Rock save us.” the rock heard the pleas of the young girls and began to elongate itself upwards, pushing them higher and higher out of reach of the bear. The bear clawed and jumped at the sides of the rock. Breaking its claws and falling to the ground.
The bear continued to jump at the rock until the girls were pushed up into the sky. They are there to this day in a group of seven little stars (the Pleiades). The marks of the bear claws are there yet.
As one looks upon the tower and contemplates it uniqueness, could the legend be true?
This is a unique and educational place to bring the family.
Located in Northeast Wyoming, near Gillettte, on I-90
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