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We have arrived at Devils Tower National Monument now. Hope you have enjoyed the trip! If you look closely you will see two small white dots near the left hand top of the tower. These are climbers that were making their way up the monument that day. I followed them in my binocs. for some time. The one struggled a bit to reach the top from this point, but after guidance, (& probably a lot of encouragement..lol), from the other finished the climb to the almost 1300 feet high top! ............................................................................. Indian legend has it that 7 little girls were playing near here & were chased by some bears. When the bears were just about to catch them they jumped up on a rock about 3 feet high. One prayed to the rock to take pity on them & save them. The rock began to grow upward pushing higher & higher! When the bears tryed to reach the girls they scratched the rock, broke their claws, & fell to the ground. To make a long story short, the rock kept growing higher & higher until it reached the sky. The girls are said to now make up the constellation "Pleiades" which in the winter appears right over the top of the monument. When you see the tower now you can still see the bears claws lying around the bottom turned to stone!
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