- Many lavas form hexagon-shaped columns as they cool, but none are as large as the column widths (10 feet) at Devils Tower, or as tall.
- The Tower has been called “Bear Lodge” by various Native American tribes and now bears the name Devils Tower National Monument.
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- Still others say six times around the tower is the magic number which will raise the dead: “The Devil’s Tower was owned by a rich married man.
- The rock at Devils Tower is about 40 million years old. The rock is called a phonolite based on its mineral composition, which includes anorthoclase...
- I think the newest theory is that it is an inverted laccolith. Check "d" in this image Devils tower is represented by the white outline.
- A misinterpretation by Colonel Richard Irving Dodge's interpreter in 1875 during an expedition led to the name Bad God's Tower, and eventually Devils Tower.
- To this day, Devils Tower is frequently the site of ceremonial rituals, including sun dances, sweat lodges, and prayer and artifact offerings.
- For more information: Devils Tower National Monument 307-467-5283 x635 Devils Tower, WY 82714 www.nps.gov/deto/.
- Geologists determined that Devils Tower in Wyoming was formed not by the prayers of scared little girls, but as the result of an ancient volcano.