Devils Tower in 1890.
On this day in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed
Devils Tower, a massive rock formation in Wyoming, the
country’s first national monument.
He called the “lofty and isolated rock” a “natural wonder.”
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt Jr.
(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)
Devils Tower today draws more than half a million visitors
a year.
