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Devils Tower (Lakota: Matȟó Thípila (\"Bear Lodge\") or Ptehé Ǧí (\"Brown Buffalo Horn\"), Arapaho: Wox Niiinon) is an igneous intrusion or laccolith in the Bear Lodge Mountains (part of the Black Hills) near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,114 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha).In recent years, about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climbed Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.

Devils Tower Obituaries

It was reported by Register Guard on October 14th, 2011 that Lorraine W Burgess (Songer) died in Eugene, Oregon.  Ms. Burgess was 95 years old and was born in Devils Tower, WY.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Lorraine W's life.

History

It rises dramatically 1,267 ft (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,112 ft (1,558 m) above sea level. Devils Tower (Lakota language 'Mato Tipila', which means “Bear Tower”) is a monolithic igneous rock intrusion or volcanic neck located in the Black Hills near Hulett, Wyoming and Sundance, Wyoming in Crook County, Wyoming County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. . . .