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=== Rocks === | === Rocks === | ||
* '''Devil's Tower''' | * '''Devil's Tower''' | ||
[[File:Devils Tower Darton 1900.jpg|thumb||200px|Devils Tower, 1900 (wiki)]] | |||
* click EXPAND for details on Devil's Tower | * click EXPAND for details on Devil's Tower | ||
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** 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)]] | |||
* click EXPAND for details on Independence Rock | * click EXPAND for details on Independence Rock | ||
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[[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: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''' | ||