Inyan Kara Mountain

Inyan Kara Mountain
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Nearest city	Sundance, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°12′45″N 104°20′40″W
Area	480 acres (190 ha)
NRHP reference No.	73001929[1]
Added to NRHP	April 24, 1973

Inyan Kara Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	6,368 feet (1,941 m)
Geography
Location	Wyoming, US
Parent range	Bear Lodge Mountains, part of the Black Hills
Topo map	USGS Black Hills

Inyan Kara Mountain (Lakota: Íŋyaŋ Káǧa, Rock Gatherer^[2] ) is a mountain associated with the Bear Lodge Mountains of Crook County, Wyoming, (part of the Black Hills) that is considered sacred by the Lakota people, particularly for mothers in childbirth. Inyan Kara stands apart from the main body of the Black Hills, with an elevation of 6,368 feet (1,941 m). The mountain was stated to rumble on quiet days by the local Native Americans and by early explorers. No mention of the noises is found after 1833; the noise has been attributed to gas escaping from burning coal seams.^[3]

The peak was visited by George Armstrong Custer during Custer's 1874 Black Hills Expedition, reaching the summit on July 23.^[3]

The peak was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

Photo gallery

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  Inyan Kara, altitude 6,000 feet., a stereoscopic photograph from 1874 by William H. Illingworth
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  The Black Hills from the summit of Inyan Kara
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  The prairie surrounding the Black Hills from the summit of Inyan Kara

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "American Indian Sacred Sites". Black Hills National Forest. U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
3. Junge, Mark (1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Inyan Kara Mountain". National Park Service. Retrieved August 18, 2010.

External links

• Inyan Kara Mountain at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
• Inyan Kara Mountain at Black Hills National Forest
• Penry, Jerry. "Sacred Mountain—Climbing Inyan Kara" American Surveyor, The. Vol. 10, Issue 10, 27 September 2013