Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — Untrod, by Human Foot [ARTICLE]

Untrod, by Human Foot

The Devil's Tower is a geological wonder on the Belle Fouchre River in the Black Hills region, of which a geologist of International reputation said: "It is a remarkable freak of nature and appears not to have been repeated elsewhere on the earth’s surface, but stands alone, unique and mysterious.” It is believed to be the cone of a cooled down volcano. At a distance it looks like a huge cask or barrel made of gigantic timbers, the sides being roughly furrowed with crystals of trachyte. Its height is 625 feet and the walls on all sides are so nearly smooth and perpendicular that no human being has ever been able to climb to the top. Its diameter at the base is 796 feet and at the summit (estimated) 350 feet—fit Louis Republic.