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Wedding performed on top of Devils Tower 1992, Time magazine carried the story

Copied from help desk, [1]  Chzz  ►  08:58, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

There was a wedding on top of Devil's Tower in 1992. The wedding was performed by the late Justice of the Peace, Ronald E. Waugh, (July 10th 1953 - Aug. 4th, 2008)Time magazine reported it, as did local media, i.e. Sundance Times, Moorcroft Leader, and others. I was once engaged to, and lived with Ron Waugh shortly after this event. I do not recall the names of the couple who were married, or the names of their wedding party. Ron Waugh had never climbed before, so it was quite an event in his very colorful life. He performed numerous weddings around the base of the tower, but to my knowledge, this was the only one ever done on top of the tower. I believe the couple was from Illinois, but I'm not sure. I think this is an event that should appear in the recent history of the Devil's Tower National Monument. Mccattlee (talk) 01:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Maybe, but I'm not convinced that it's sufficiently notable. --Herostratus (talk) 11:38, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Jim Cunningham and his wife Barbara were married on Devil's Tower in 1982. I worked with Jim at Gulf Oil in Casper, WY, and he was an excellent rock climber.

From: https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/deto/history/chap9.htm

The first recorded wedding at the top of the Tower took place on July 26, 1982, between Jim Cunningham and Barbara Noseworthy. All members of the wedding party were experienced climbers, and all except one had previously climbed the Tower, with Cunningham ascending the Tower numerous times. Cunningham wrote a note in the summit register on a later climb, "I got married up here nine years ago (plus about ten days). The "marriage on the rocks" is still going strong (sorry Barb couldn't get away from work to come on this trip). I'll be back for more. Health and Happiness. JC" [1]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.167.113.96 (talk) 20:39, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Barb and I retired in Durango and are still climbing. We have not been to the tower in years but we'll get back one of these days :) JC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.118.211.69 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

"There was a wedding on top of Devil's Tower in 1992" - So what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.20.71.135 (talk) 01:31, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Name not changed and USGS source

@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)

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)

Devils Tower mentioned in Burnham's Celestial Handbook.

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)

Native American names

@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"), "Aloft on a Rock" (Kiowa), "Tree Rock", "Great Gray Horn", and "Brown Buffalo Horn" (Lakota: Ptehé Ǧí).

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)

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