Devil's Tower, Black Hills of Wyoming, circa 1940

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials National & State Parks
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Devil's Tower, Black Hills of Wyoming, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

View of Devils Tower, a large red rock monolith with vertical striations, rising above a forested landscape under a blue sky with clouds. The surrounding hills are covered in green trees with patches of reddish soil. The back prints a legend attributing the tower's formation to the Great Spirit and its fluted sides to a bear's claws.

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PublisherBlack Hills Novelty and Mfg. Co.

134:-DEVIL'S TOWER, BLACK HILLS OF WYOMING --- Says an Indian legend:-Two children playing on the plains were pursued by a bear, they prayed, and the Great Spirit answering raised the ground underneath them and formed this tower (later called the Devil's Tower by white men). The flu- ted sides are marks left by the bear's claws in his savage efforts to reach the children. The tops of the trees are 800 feet below the crown of the tower. Located west of Spearfish, in Crook Coun- ty, Wyoming.

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Publisher	Black Hills Novelty and Mfg. Co.
Series	134
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Devil's Tower, WY
Place mentioned	Spearfish, WY
Publisher	Rapid City, SD
Notes	Linen texture; no white border; printed caption at top. No postmark; unused divided-back card. Linen-texture card with printed legend text on the back; dealer mark "RMLJ 2-" in pencil on the writing side. No stamp, no address.

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Devil's Tower, Black Hills of Wyoming, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/devils-tower-black-hills-of-wyoming-circa-1940. Accessed November 2, 2026.