Devils Tower; Wyoming

In Kiowa Indian mythology it was said that...

Once upon a time, seven little girls were playing in the woods far from home when they came upon some bears that chased after them. They found refuge on a great rock that rose into the sky with them on it, making them into stars. The bears tried to pursue them, but all their efforts were in vain. You can still see the struggle and their claw marks in the rock.

Devils Tower is actually a "volcanic plug" that stands 1267 feet above the surrounding terrain. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt named Devils Tower the First United States National Monument.