Discover Your Inner Globetrotter And See If You Can Conquer This World Wonders Quiz

Mason Zimmer | February 4, 2025 4:44 pm

What makes Wyoming’s Devils Tower so significant?

48%
Aerial of Devils Tower National Monument location for Close Encounters Motion Picture, Hulett, Wyoming
Retry Correct Incorrect As the National Park Service explained, Devils Tower has been a place of spiritual significance for Wyoming residents even hundreds of years before European contact. Drawing from the perspectives of Native Americans and others in the region, the American government designated Devils Tower as the nation’s first national monument and established the National Park Service to protect it ten years later.
Next
Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

What makes Wyoming’s Devils Tower so significant?

  • It’s officially America’s first national monument
  • It was one of the only safe places for settlers traveling west
  • It was the site of a battle that shaped American history
  • It was the site of a miracle
48%

Scroll down to continue on!