Devils Tower National Monument - Devils Tower, Wyoming
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N 44° 35.045 W 104° 42.875
13T E 522657 N 4936788
Located in northeastern Wyoming Devils Tower National Monument was the 1st National Monument in the US. It's key feature is the the 867 feet tall stone monolith which dominates the landscape for miles around.
Waymark Code: WM12HA
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2006
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Devils Tower National Monument was the first National Monument in the United States, established in 1906 by Theodore Roosevelt, and the first National Monument created using the powers of the Federal Antiquities Act. During the economic depression of the 1930's the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built roads, campsites, a lodge and other improvements at the park. The rough hewn log lodge still stands today and is used as the parks Visitor Center located at the southern edge of the tower.
Geologists estimate that approximately 60 million years ago molten magma forced it's way up through sedimentary rocks and then cooled underground. As the magma cooled it formed igneous rock which fractured into the basalt columns we see exposed today. Sixty-million years of erosion gradually wore away the softer stone and top soil that surrounded this underground formation, until the 867 feet tall stone monolith was exposed in the beauty we see today.
Located in northeastern Wyoming Devil's Tower National Monument was made globally famous by the blockbuster movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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