On 27 March 1980, exactly 34 years ago, Mount St. Helens became active after 123 years. This occurred in the state of Washington and killed 57 people and all animal life within 230 square miles. It was the most destructive eruption in United States history.

Before the eruption, a two-month series of earthquakes caused much damage to the nearby city. One earthquake that occurred was a recorded 5.1 and caused the largest historically recorded landslide/debris avalanche destroying many houses and miles of land.

One person of the 57 that were killed during this tragedy was Harry Randall Truman, an 83 year old man who lived on the mountain with his 16 cats. He repeatedly refused to leave because he was the caretaker of Mount St Helens lodge at Spirit Lake at the foot of the mountain. His house was under over 150 feet of volcanic landslide debris. After his death, his friends and family commemorated his love for the mountain with a book written by his niece and a song by the band Headgear.

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Photo Caption: Harry Truman, 1980.