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Devils Tower / Deadwood #8268400 05/17/21 05:41 PM
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Tower is strange and Deadwood is a great American town!

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268403 05/17/21 05:44 PM
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That rock formation looks somewhat like a beautiful petrified tree. cheers

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268406 05/17/21 05:45 PM
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How's the bar in the hotel?
Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268408 05/17/21 05:47 PM
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Love both places. Now you have to go to Crazy Horse and Mt Rushmore since your in the area.
Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268414 05/17/21 05:54 PM
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Very Cool!!!
Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268432 05/17/21 06:10 PM
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How tall is that rock? It makes the trees like mini dwarfs
Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: TexShooter101] #8268466 05/17/21 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by angus1956
Love both places. Now you have to go to Crazy Horse and Mt Rushmore since your in the area.


Did Rushmore on the way up.

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How tall is that rock? It makes the trees like mini dwarfs


867 feet from its base.

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268486 05/17/21 07:00 PM
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Was up that way 2 summers ago, but we missed that unfortunately.
Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: TexShooter101] #8268537 05/17/21 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TexShooter101
How tall is that rock? It makes the trees like mini dwarfs



About 867'

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268549 05/17/21 08:41 PM
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That is really cool as hell!

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268586 05/17/21 09:29 PM
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Abilene or on the road...
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Great pics!

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: dogcatcher] #8268598 05/17/21 09:45 PM
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Great pics!


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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268682 05/17/21 10:46 PM
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On the list for an upcoming trip. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268808 05/18/21 01:51 AM
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Rode my Harley from Rockwall four different years past that rock while on my way to Hulett.One year stopped at the store just to browse and watch a few people climbing around on it.It's big but I had no desire to check it out.

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268910 05/18/21 06:56 AM
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Cool story about the rock is before helicopters were invented 2 guys parachuted and landed on top of it with no way to get down. I don't remember how long the ordeal lasted but they built a wooden ladder up the side to get them down. Last time we were there you could still see some parts of the ladder left. True story.
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After seeing this on the forum, I went out and did a little research on Devil's Tower and the stories.
I found a real interesting about a couple of ranchers who built a ladder up the tower. See link below.
I know there are others:

https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-stake-ladder.htm
Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8268933 05/18/21 10:59 AM
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Found the story about the parachutist too. Looks like the ladder and parachutist got combined through the years

https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-george-hopkins.htm

a link to other stories- quite interesting

https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/stories.htm
Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8269843 05/19/21 02:46 AM
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The Missouri Buttes to the NW are higher but they aren't flat.

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: B_Man] #8270857 05/20/21 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by B_Man
Found the story about the parachutist too. Looks like the ladder and parachutist got combined through the years

https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-george-hopkins.htm

a link to other stories- quite interesting

https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/stories.htm


Thanks for the links. That was quiet interesting.

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8270870 05/20/21 02:15 AM
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It's an impressive formation. Up close you can see the individual volcanic lava tubes that formed it.

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Re: Devils Tower / Deadwood [Re: leswad] #8271162 05/20/21 02:09 PM
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Cool pics! We rode up on our Harleys and based out of Custer, SD, for a few days of road trips...would love to go back!! That's some beautiful country!!
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