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The landscape surrounding Devils Tower is composed mostly of sedimentary rocks. The oldest rocks visible in Devils Tower National Monument were laid down in a shallow sea during the Triassic. [citation needed] This dark red sandstone and maroon siltstone, interbedded with shale, can be seen along the Belle Fourche River.
The Old Headquarters Area at Devils Tower National Monument includes three structures and their surroundings, including the old headquarters building, the custodian's house, and the fire hose house. The buildings are all designed in the National Park Service Rustic style.
Devils Tower National Monument was the first U.S. National Monument and draws about 400,000 visitors per year to the area. The Bear Lodge Mountains are one of three mountain ranges which compose the Black Hills region and national forest, including the Black Hills itself and South Dakota's Elk Mountains.
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A view of Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming on May 15, 2016. Devils Tower is a flat-topped volcanic formation that looms 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche river in the eastern part of the ...
Devils Tower: Three buildings constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps 1931–37, noted for their association with the New Deal, the development of the first U.S. National Monument, and for their exemplary NPS Rustic architecture. [6] 4: Tower Ladder-Devils Tower National Monument: Tower Ladder-Devils Tower National Monument: July 24, 2000
July 24, 2000 (Devils Tower National Monument: Devils Tower: Three-mile (4.8 km) road and entrance station noted for their naturalistic landscape architecture, associations with the New Deal, and the early development of the national monument.
The Devils Tower National Monument says that there have only been seven climbing deaths at the national monument since its opening more than 100 years ago. A rare occurrence at the national monument