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=== Rocks ===
=== Rocks ===
* '''Devil's Tower'''
* '''Devil's Tower'''
[[File:Devils Tower Darton 1900.jpg|thumb||200px|Devils Tower, 1900 (wiki)]]
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[[File:Devils Tower Darton 1900.jpg|thumb||200px|Devils Tower, 1900 (wiki)]]
** a butte formation in Wyoming that abruptly juts out of the landscape 1,267 ft high
** a butte formation in Wyoming that abruptly juts out of the landscape 1,267 ft high
** the name comes from an English misinterpretation of the Native American name for it
** the name comes from an English misinterpretation of the Native American name for it
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* '''Independence Rock'''  
* '''Independence Rock'''  
[[File:Oregon Trail's Independence Rock 1870.gif|thumb|200px|right|Oregon Trail's Independence Rock 1870 (wiki)]]
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[[File:Oregon Trail's Independence Rock 1870.gif|thumb|200px|right|Oregon Trail's Independence Rock 1870 (wiki)]]
[[File:Independence Rock, Wyoming, USA, July 2015.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Independence Rock, Wyoming, USA, July 2015 (wiki)]]
[[File:Independence Rock, Wyoming, USA, July 2015.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Independence Rock, Wyoming, USA, July 2015 (wiki)]]
[[File:Independence rock names 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Independence rock names 1 (wiki)]]
[[File:Independence rock names 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Independence rock names 1 (wiki)]]
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** served as a landmark for 19th century western settlers, some of whom carved their names on the rock and some of which are still visible
** served as a landmark for 19th century western settlers, some of whom carved their names on the rock and some of which are still visible
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* Pompy's Tower" (Pompey's Pillar National Monument)
* '''Pompy's Tower" (Pompey's Pillar National Monument)'''
* click EXPAND for details on Pompey's Pillar
* click EXPAND for details on Pompey's Pillar
{{https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeys_Pillar_NM_(9424545304).jpg#/media/File:Pompeys_Pillar_NM_(9424545304).jpg|right|thumbnail|350px|Pompey's Pillary National Monument (wiki)]]
[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Popi_sig550.jpg#/media/File:Popi_sig550.jpg|right|thumbnail|350px|William Clark's inscription on the rock, 1806 (wiki)]]
[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Popi_sig550.jpg#/media/File:Popi_sig550.jpg|right|thumbnail|350px|William Clark's inscription on the rock, 1806 (wiki)]]
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[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeys_Pillar_NM_(9424545304).jpg#/media/File:Pompeys_Pillar_NM_(9424545304).jpg|right|thumbnail|350px|Pompey's Pillary National Monument (wiki)]]
* rock formation rising from the Montana plain
* rock formation rising from the Montana plain
* 150 ft tall, located near the Yellowstone River
* one of the smallest National Monuments in the US (21 acre site)
* famous for its graffiti:
* famous for its graffiti:
** William Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803-06) inscribed his name on the rock on July 25, 1806
** William Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803-06) inscribed his name on the rock on July 25, 1806
** Clark's journal entry of that day:
** Clark's journal entry of that day:
** <pre>“This rock which I shall Call Pompy's Tower is 200 feet high and 400 paces in secumphrance… The nativs have ingraved on the face of this rock the figures of animals &c. near which I marked my name and the day of the month & year.”
** <pre>“This rock which I shall Call Pompy's Tower is 200 feet high and 400 paces in secumphrance… The nativs have ingraved on the face of this rock the figures of animals &c. near which I marked my name and the day of the month & year.”
** he named it "Pompy's Tower" after his nickname for the son of his translators, Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau
** he named it "Pompy's Tower" after his nickname for the son of his translators, Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau</pre>
* sources
** [[https://www.nps.gov/places/pompeys-pillar-national-monument.htm Pompey's Pillar National Monument (National Park Service)]]
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeys_Pillar_National_Monument Pompey's Pillar National Monument (wiki)]]
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* '''Three Sisters''' or '''Three Sisters Islands'''  
* '''Three Sisters''' or '''Three Sisters Islands'''