# Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming (1984)

Author: United States. National Park Service

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58587

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Devils+Tower+National+Monument%2C+Wyoming+%281984%29+United+States.+National+Park+Service&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Devils Tower rises dramatically and abruptly out of the Black Hills above the Belle Fourche River in northeastern Wyoming. These Black Hills are an island in the Great Plains, the heart of the American West. The aura of this West and of its history, folklore, and legend is a fondly nurtured American treasure. Never just The West, it is rather the Scenic West, or the Old West, or the True West, and of course the Wild West. Each epithet suggests that no one can pay homage to the region without resorting to its curious mixture of the known and the unknown, of truth and myth. Here is a land of blue skies, magnificent rock formations, and a clear, dry atmosphere that easily confuses and distor...

## Chapters

- [Part 3 Guide and Adviser 66](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/devils-tower-national-monument-wyoming-1984-58587/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 2 Taking a Closer Look 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/devils-tower-national-monument-wyoming-1984-58587/chapters/1/index.md)