Template:Did you know nominations/Black Buttes
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The result was: promoted by feminist (talk) 14:39, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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Black Buttes
[edit]- ... that when he saw the jagged peaks of the Black Buttes, surveyor Thomas Gerdine referred to them as "Sawtooth Rocks"?
Source: "surveyor Thomas Gerdine called the Buttes 'Sawtooth Rocks,' a name that appeared on some early maps"[1]
- ALT1:... that historian Charles Easton referred to the Black Buttes as a "homogenous mass of black basalt", comparing them to "a Chinese wall"?Source: "Historian Charles Easton described the summits as 'a solid, homogenous mass of black basalt ... minareted at the summit' and likened them to a Chinese wall." [2]
Expanded by Ceranthor (talk). Self-nominated at 23:28, 22 December 2017 (UTC).
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This article has been expanded, is long enough, and within policy (Copyvio brings up 0%, which is great!). The hook is short enough, interesting, accurate and neutral. You have reviewed another DYK and have not included image. This is fine with me and all good to go! Soaper1234 - talk 00:12, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
