| Washington (Cowlitz County), Castle Rock — Mount St. Helens - You Are Edge of the Blast Zone | | |
The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 triggered a huge landslide causing a powerful, laterally directed blast. A pyroclastic flow consisting of rock fragments, highly charged gas and super heated steam, devastated almost 150,000 acres of private, state and federal forests.
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In 1982 Congress established the 110,000 acre Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Inside the monument no salvage and no tree planting were permitted. — Map (db m50737) HM | | Washington (Cowlitz County), Woodland — The Finn Hall | | | In 1916 Finnish immigrants constructed a hall near this site under the name of a literary association (Kirjallixuus Seura), forming a lending library. Although they brought their diet, language, and saunas with them, some old country beliefs were left behind. These people found it necessary to meet where they could study the social customs of their new country, challenge and question partisan politics, and reflect on new theological insights. At this cultural center were held language classes, . . . — Map (db m8382) HM | | Washington (Cowlitz County), Woodland — Woodland Community Veterans Memorial | | | World War I
James A Forbes •
Frank L. Gaddis •
Walter Kalahan •
Alfred Earl Wells •
Tom C. Bair •
Fred S. Millard
World War II
Elmer Beebe •
Harold R. Chilcoat •
Harry A. Lillard, Jr. •
Elmer Mattila •
Claude M. Miller •
Walter E. Modin •
Robert E. White •
Donald F. Turner •
Robert D. Hobert •
Harold L. Lutz •
Osmo H. Reijonen •
Donald D. Robins •
Dwight C. Schiffhauer •
Jack M. Stilts •
James W. Yenne •
Daryle Edward Artley •
Francis Dick . . . — Map (db m8399) WM |
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