Devils Tower Proclaimed First National Monument by Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt had never actually seen Devils Tower when he signed the proclamation making it America's first National Monument in 1906. The 867-foot column of igneous rock rising from the Wyoming plains had been used as a landmark by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years — the Lakota called it Bear Lodge. Roosevelt used powers granted by the recently passed Antiquities Act, which he'd helped push through Congress. He'd go on to create 17 more national monuments, 150 national forests, and 5 national parks. He started with a tower he'd only seen in photographs.
September 24, 1906
120 years ago
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