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ID: 1104424
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1104424
Record Type:
physical
Devils Tower (mountain)
Coordinates:
Lat: 44 35 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 44.5833
decimal degrees
Long: 104 42 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -104.7000
decimal degrees
Note:
Nearly vertical monolith, rising above meandering Belle Fourche River; remnant of ancient volcanic plug or neck; site of worship for Native Americans; in Kiowa mythology, site of refuge for 7 girls who were chased by bears & became stars.
Names:
Devils Tower
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
name cited by President Roosevelt in 1907
Devil's Tower
(
C
,
V
)
Bear Lodge
(
C
,
V
)
............
recorded on early 19th-cen. maps
Bears Lodge
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
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Wyoming
(state) (
P
)
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Crook
(county) (
P
)
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Devils Tower
(mountain) (
P
)
Place Types:
mountain (
preferred
,
C
)
sacred site (
C
)
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sacred to several northern plains American Indian tribes
Sources and Contributors:
Bear Lodge..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Brooke, Wyoming Butte, New York Times (1997)
Bears Lodge..........
[
VP
]
.......................
US Department of Interior [online] (1997)
Devils Tower..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Brooke, Wyoming Butte, New York Times (1997)
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS56004991
Devil's Tower..........
[
VP
]
..........................
US Department of Interior [online] (1997)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Brooke, Wyoming Butte, New York Times (1997)
..................
US Department of Interior [online] (1997)
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS56004991
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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