Devil's Tower is located nearby in Eastern Wyoming about 60 miles from our
headquarters. It was proclaimed as our nation's first National Monument by
President Teddy Roosevelt in 1906. It rises 5,112 feet above sea level (1,267
feet above the Belle Fourche River) and has a circumferance at its base of
about one mile. Devil's tower is an igneous intrusion of phonolite porphyry
which is similar in composition to granite but lacks quartz Many Indian tribes
consider Devil's Tower to be a sacred place and call it "Mato Tipila" meaning
Bear Lodge.
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