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EXPERIENCE the beautiful countryside of Wyoming on a winding scenic drive to America's first national monument. About 6 hours east of America's most famous National Park, Yellowstone, Devils Tower is shrouded in Native American mythology. The tower stands 867 feet from bass to summit and 1267 from the surrounding river basin making it visible from nearly all northeast Wyoming. A remarkable natural feature, the tower has been the locale for cliff climbers, air droppers, and most interestingly Native American mythology. Many Cheyenne and Lakota in the area had their names for it; Home of the Bear, Bear's Lair, Bear's Lodge and Bear's Den. When a interpreter misunderstood a native and believed they said "Bad God's Tower" the name was altered to Devils Tower and was named Devils Tower thereafter. There are current motions to change the name but have no gained traction due to arguments that it would hurt the tourist destination.
From Wikipedia regarding the Legends and Native Mythology - these are some of the famous legends regarding the creation of Devils Tower.
According to the traditional beliefs of Native American peoples, the Kiowa and Lakota, a group of girls went out to play and were spotted by several giant bears, who began to chase them. In an effort to escape the bears, the girls climbed atop a rock, fell to their knees, and prayed to the Great Spirit to save them. Hearing their prayers, the Great Spirit made the rock rise from the ground towards the heavens so that the bears could not reach the girls. The bears, in an effort to climb the rock, left deep claw marks in the sides, which had become too steep to climb. Those are the marks which appear today on the sides of Devils Tower. When the girls reached the sky, they were turned into the stars of the Pleiades.
Another version tells that two Sioux boys wandered far from their village when Mato the bear, a huge creature that had claws the size of tipi poles, spotted them, and wanted to eat them for breakfast. He was almost upon them when the boys prayed to Wakan Tanka the Creator to help them. They rose up on a huge rock, while Mato tried to get up from every side, leaving huge scratch marks as he did. Finally, he sauntered off, disappointed and discouraged. The bear came to rest east of the Black Hills at what is now Bear Butte. Wanblee, the eagle, helped the boys off the rock and back to their village. A painting depicting this legend by artist Herbert A. Collins hangs over the fireplace in the visitor center at Devils Tower.
In a Cheyenne version of the story, the giant bear pursues the girls and kills most of them. Two sisters escape back to their home with the bear still tracking them. They tell two boys that the bear can only be killed with an arrow shot through the underside of its foot. The boys have the sisters lead the bear to Devils Tower and trick it into thinking they have climbed the rock. The boys attempt to shoot the bear through the foot while it repeatedly attempts to climb up and slides back down leaving more claw marks each time. The bear was finally scared off when an arrow came very close to its left foot. This last arrow continued to go up and never came down.
For more information please explore this wikipedia page regarding history, legend and the geology of Devils Tower.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_...
Enjoy this winding scenic drive through Sundance, Wyoming to one of America's most unique, scenic, and historic national monuments, Devils Tower. The purpose of these drives is to bring you places you love or want to experience. From traveling to popular tourist destinations or traveling to some of the less known corners of the United States and experience someplace new. No narration. No Music. The only character you'll find here is the place itself.
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