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Name not changed and USGS source

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

@Reywas92: re this deletion. The main page of the USGS site does indeed say nothing, but putting Devils Tower into the name search find this page. So I guess it verifies that the name was changed only through implication because Devils Tower is still the title name and Bear Lodge is listed as a variant. It still doesn't explicitly say there was a decision not to change it. SpinningSpark 15:00, 16 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

I mean it’s a little difficult to prove a negative but yes, its specific entry does still show the same primary name. That could certainly go there but it really didn’t warrant a silly “failed verification” tag. Reywas92^Talk 16:50, 16 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Devils Tower mentioned in Burnham's Celestial Handbook.

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The three volumes of Burnham's Celestial Handbook are always full of surprises! Page 1867 in the third volume has a description of the Pleiades (the seven sisters) and Devils Tower. It's not only astronomy in Burnham's, there's lots of everything in these books! Although these books are from the previous century, they are still valuable sources! Glad I have all three of them. DannyCaes (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Native American names

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

@Pgan002: In this edit you removed this passage,

Native American names for the monolith include "Bear's House" or "Bear's Lodge" (or "Bear's Tipi", "Home of the Bear", "Bear's Lair"); Cheyenne, Lakota: Matȟó Thípila, Crow: Daxpitcheeaasáao ("Home of Bears"^[1]), "Aloft on a Rock" (Kiowa), "Tree Rock", "Great Gray Horn",^[2] and "Brown Buffalo Horn" (Lakota: Ptehé Ǧí).^{[citation needed]}

Is there some reason you think Native American names for the rock should not be in the article? SpinningSpark 07:16, 11 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

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↑ "Little Big Horn College Library". Retrieved June 5, 2012.
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Is "laccolithic" butte correct?

Latest comment: 3 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article starts by calling Devils Tower a "laccolithic butte," but looking at other sources simply say that it is an igneous intrusion, and "laccolith" is one of four possible specific formation types. https://home.nps.gov/deto/learn/nature/tower-formation.htm

I hesitate to change it directly simply because I was unsure whether "laccolithic" could be used as an umbrella term for any igneous intrusion in this context. BlueRoseGardener (talk) 01:46, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] "Little Big Horn College Library". Retrieved June 5, 2012.

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Name not changed and USGS source

Devils Tower mentioned in Burnham's Celestial Handbook.

Native American names

Is "laccolithic" butte correct?