Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower National Monument is located in the northeast corner of Wyoming near the small town of Hulett. Established on September 24, 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was the very first area to be proclaimed a national monument under the Antiquities Act of 1906. Fifty years later on September 24, 1956, the US Post Office Department issued this 3-cent stamp in its honor. Although the monument's area is only 1,347 acres it attracts more than 400,000 visitors per year. Admired as a spectacular geological formation, it is a very challenging rock climb as well. Towering 1,280 feet
above the surrounding area, it is considered a sacred landmark by more than twenty Native American tribes.