Name: Devils Den

 

County: Park

 

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Feature Type: Valley

 

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One of the singular formations near Tower Falls, owing to its fancied resemblance, I suppose, to the historic "cloven foot," has been called "Devil's Hoof," while the dismal gorge above, for miles reminding one so forcibly of the land of darkness, is known as the " Devil's Den." It is remarkable that so many of the curious freaks of Nature in the mountains are dedicated to some part of the person or dominion of that distinguished individual, though partly accounted for in the fact that many of these startling appellations were suggested by the old mountaineers and trappers who first explored these regions, and who were familiar with, and quite lavish in the use of, such titles. Every oddly-formed rock or mound, every river, gorge, and glen, having even a fancied likeness to the hideous person whom they had been taught from their infancy to dread, and the regions which they had been warned to shun, received a name fully indicative of the diabolism symbolized. Such a country as this is surely quite suggestive to such minds, and it appears that in many instances the late explorers have followed suit.

Source: Stanley

 

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Alternative Spellings: Devils Den

 

History:

The stream (Yellowstone River) then flows for 20 miles through the Grand Canon, whose perpendicular sides, from 200 to 500 yards apart, rise to the height of 1,000 ft. Just below the Grand Canon the river receives Tower creek, which flows through a gloomy canon, 10 miles long, known as the "Devil's Den." About 200 yards above its mouth the creek has an abrupt fall of 156 ft., surrounded by columns of breccia resembling towers.

Source: The American Cyclopedia 

 

The banks of the Yellowstone river abound with ravines and canyons, which are carved out of the heart of the mountains through the hardest rocks. The most remarkable of these is the canyon of Tower Creek and Column Mountain, which is about ten miles in length, and is so deep and gloomy that it is called "The Devil's Den."

Source: The Century Book of Facts

 

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