According to six tribes of Plains Indians: the Arapaho, Crow, Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Shoshone, it's a giant rock steeped in legends and considered a holy place.
According to some of the Indians, it’s called Mato Tapila (Bear Lodge).
According to geologists, its origin is still a mystery and a source of debate.
According to rockhounds, it's made up of phonolite porphyry.
According to Teddy Roosevelt, it’s the first National Monument (1906).
According to the proclamation signed by Roosevelt, its apostrophe was omitted and the misspelling was never corrected.
According to publicity hound George Hopkins, its top was a place to which he parachuted (1941).
According to a geometry teacher, its columns are three-dimensional polygons made up of 4, 5, 6, or 7 sides.
According to thousands of climbers, it's a challenge.
According to a poet, it’s a mighty oak stump turned to stone.
According to Hollywood, it's the place where the world had an encounter of a third kind and Richard Dreyfuss boarded a giant mother ship.
And according to Sam Hipkins, it’s a wondrous thing, kind of like the Devil’s Postpone at Mammoth Lakes, but a whole lot more dramatic.
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