Lumberman Lance Graham became the first known American to survive a volcanic eruption in the United States when he was struck by a flying rock as he and friends were peering over Lassen Peak’s Cinder Cone rim just before its eruption on May 30, 1914. Left for dead, Graham was later rescued and survived to live a full life despite his severe injuries. — Courtesy Meriam Library, California State University, Chico, California —[
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