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Read MoreFirst photo of George Hopkins after his rescue from the top of Devil's Tower with Earl Brockelsby, a KFBC news reporter, and Ranger Newell Joyner. George Hopkins skydived onto Devil's Tower in Wyoming Oct. 1, 1941. PLEASE HELP US PROVIDE MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS IMAGE BY SENDING YOUR COMMENTS
Carpenters constructing house (that never reached the tower) in shop in Rapid City S.D. (115 miles) from tower was going to be dropped from plane to Hopkins. George Hopkins skydived onto Devil's Tower in Wyoming Oct. 1, 1941. PLEASE HELP US PROVIDE MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS IMAGE BY SENDING YOUR COMMENTS
Mrs. Frank Heppler, formally Mrs. Willard Ripley, whose late husband was first to climb the Devil’s Tower Wyo 3 of June 1893. She says he put in the pegs Will Rogers of Spearfish South Dakota used to ascend tower July 4 1893. It took 31/2 months to drive the pegs. At that time she cooked for her husband and Rogers. Her husband Frank Heppler is the Blacksmith at the Utility Area at Devil’s Tower National Park in Wyoming.George Hopkins skydived onto Devil's Tower in Wyoming Oct. 1, 1941. PLEASE HELP US PROVIDE MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS IMAGE BY SENDING YOUR COMMENTS
Mrs. Frank Heppler, formally Mrs. Willard Ripley, whose late husband was first to climb the Devil’s Tower Wyo 3 of June 1893. She says he put in the pegs Will Rogers of Spearfish South Dakota used to ascend tower July 4 1893. It took 31/2 months to drive the pegs. At that time she cooked for her husband and Rogers. Her husband Frank Heppler is the Blacksmith at the Utility Area at Devil’s Tower National Park in Wyoming. George Hopkins skydived onto Devil's Tower in Wyoming Oct. 1, 1941. PLEASE HELP US PROVIDE MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS IMAGE BY SENDING YOUR COMMENTS