This was taken on the path around Devils Tower. The trees were enormous!
In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower the first national monument under the new Antiquities Act.
There's a story that the Kiowa People tell of the creation of Devils Tower:
"Eight children were there at play, seven sisters and their brother. Suddenly the boy was struck dumb; he trembled and began to run upon his hands and feet. His fingers became claws, and his body was covered with fur. Directly there was a bear where the boy had been. The sisters were terrified; they ran and the bear after them. They came to the stump of a great tree, and the tree spoke to them. It bade them to climb upon it, and as they did so it began to rise into the air. The bear came to kill them, but they were just beyond its reach. It reared against the tree and scored the bark all around with its claws. The seven sister were borne into the sky, and they became the stars of the Big Dipper."
The geological story can be found by clicking here. //www.newyoming.com/DevilsTower
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