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* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake Virginia earthquake, 2011 (wiki)]]
* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake Virginia earthquake, 2011 (wiki)]]
=== Rocks ===
=== Rocks ===
[[File:Devils Tower Darton 1900.jpg|thumb||200px|Devils Tower, 1900 (wiki)]]
* '''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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* '''Pompy's Tower" (Pompey's Pillar National Monument)'''
* '''Pompy's Tower" (Pompey's Pillar National Monument)'''
[[File:Popi_sig550.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|William Clark's inscription on the rock, 1806 (wiki)]]
[[File:Pompeys_Pillar_NM_(9424545304).jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Pompey's Pillary National Monument (wiki)]]
* click EXPAND for details on Pompey's Pillar
* click EXPAND for details on Pompey's Pillar
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[[File:Pompeys_Pillar_NM_(9424545304).jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|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
* 150 ft tall, located near the Yellowstone River
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* 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
[[File:Popi_sig550.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|William Clark's inscription on the rock, 1806 (wiki)]]
** 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.”
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* '''Three Sisters''' or '''Three Sisters Islands'''  
* '''Three Sisters''' or '''Three Sisters Islands'''  
[[File:The Three Sisters islets, DC.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Three Sisters islets, DC (wiki)]]
* click EXPAND for info on & legends behind the name of the rocks:
* click EXPAND for info on & legends behind the name of the rocks:
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[[File:The Three Sisters islets, DC.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Three Sisters islets, DC (wiki)]]
** three rocky islands in the Potomac River in Washington, DC
** three rocky islands in the Potomac River in Washington, DC
*** three Native American sisters who died crossing the river there while trying to rescue their brothers who had been kidnapped by another tribe
*** three Native American sisters who died crossing the river there while trying to rescue their brothers who had been kidnapped by another tribe