Does a Coupe de Ville count??
Does a Coupe de Ville count??
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
Annie,
Don't forget Devil's backbone in Utah, and this place in Portugal:
http://www.cm-campo-maior.pt/Monumentos.htm
Look partway down the page.
---Michael
There's the Devil's Punchbowl near Victorville, Ca.
"...identifying of various aspects of the devil as he intrudes into the landscape from his subterranean abode..."
What do you mean "he", Kemo Sabe?
Don't forget the Devil's Highway (US 666) in the corner of New Mexico north of Gallup. In Fort Worth used to have a section of town called "Hell's Half Acre". Was where all the bars and whores and flop housed were. It was torn down to build the convention center there is downtown.
leec
Thank you everyone for your great suggestions.... there are certainly some amazing places... it is
interesting the concepts that we impose upon the landscapes that surround us... makes me
wonder if I have ever ‘truly’ seen a landscape.
.... Coupe de Ville.... sounds like hell on wheels to me.....
Being an east coast lad at heart, there is, of course, the Devil's Tramping Ground in Chatham County, North Carolina
http://www.welcometonc.com/detail/250.cfm. This site http://deviljazz.tripod.com/ has a good page of references to writings on the phenomenon, both book and periodical. Pop-up blocker helps, though.
The Devil you say?
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
I'm sure I can think of many more if I put my mind to it (seems early settlers of the American West blamed the devil for just about every ominous looking geographic feature and/or plant they stumbled across). On the central Oregon Coast there is:
Devils Lake, The Devils Punchbowl, The Devils Churn
Further south on the Coast:
The Seven Devils
Somewhat related - on the Oregon/Idaho border:
Hells Canyon
On the Rogue River:
Hellgate
And in Lassen National Park"
Bumpass Hell
Plants:
Devils Club, Devils Snare
Kerry.... it is interesting that in the area where I live the geography was fully named by the
indigenous peoples before the arrival of the settlers in a system that was certainly much more
positive and revealing of the nature of the landscape. Much of this is lost of course as the names
were part of an oral tradition. However, often places named by the settlers that include
reference to the devil coincide with the older culture’s places of power.
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