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A new fern growing out of the ash

Flowers growing after the eruption.

Washington Governor Dixi Lee Ray invited President Jimmy Carter, US Senator Warren Magnuson and others to view the destruction.

Image and caption from Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker: Richard Rich Rowe, business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63 and unofficial iron worker historian, at IWU Local #63 Headquarters in Broadview, IL.

After the eruption, stripped trees and green trees

A picture of Mt St Helens before the 1980 eruption

Before the eruption

Inside a rescue shelter

Image and caption from Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker: An Iron Worker Union (IWU) Local #63 pin honoring work on the Chicago "bean" [Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate" sculpture] in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. Many members…

Two images of a seal figurine purchsed by John Budke made out of the ash from the Mt St Helens 1980 eruption.