America's First Monument Has the WRONG Name

When the United States declared its very first national monument in 1906, it locked a strange name into federal law. But historical records suggest the whole label was born from a single nineteenth-century mistranslation — and fixing it has proven almost impossible. Chapters: 00:00 The 1906 Proclamation 01:14 Geology of the Tower 03:55 The 1875 Army Expedition 04:50 The Bear Lodge Translation 07:28 The First National Monument 08:35 Why Renaming Is So Hard 10:55 Sacred Traditions and Meaning 13:51 Climbing Disputes and Stunts 17:31 Modern Management and Legacy Subscribe to Strange Earth for more strange places on our planet. #devilstower #history #geology Photo credits (CC BY): Anagoria, John Fowler, CT Cooper, Shixart1985, GlacierNPS, Freddie Ablazed, Steve Snodgrass (CC BY 2.0/3.0); Vyacheslav Argenberg, Cvstr, SqueekRO, Indrajit Das, PJakopin, RightCowLeftCoast (CC BY 4.0) — via Wikimedia Commons.