The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...s a day that people living in southern Washington state will never forget -the day that Mount St. Helens literally blew its top. Here's the story . FIRST COME, FIRST SERVEDIN 1774, Spanish captain...  ...harbors alon...

Next month will mark the 30th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption that buried the area in ash, flattened t...  ...d killed 57 people. A quarter of the 110,000-acre Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument was set aside as a res...  ...ast zone. But recovery has also come from within. *strong class="mat...