What to see in America . ive takes you fromCalistoga to a wonderful petrified forest of oaks and cone-bearing trees, and twenty-six miles distant are the Sonoma County Geysers. Thereare more than one hun-dred of these spoutingsprings, and the earthabout their hissing riftsis hot to the feet. In the far northernpart of the state isthe mighty Mt. Shastawhose snow-crownedsummit rises to a heightof 14,400 feet. The as-cent is not especiallydifficult or the top you find amile-wide crater, 2500feet deep, and steamingsprings among the loosestones. Sometimescavernous rumblingsgive warning
What to see in America . ive takes you fromCalistoga to a wonderful petrified forest of oaks and cone-bearing trees, and twenty-six miles distant are the Sonoma County Geysers. Thereare more than one hun-dred of these spoutingsprings, and the earthabout their hissing riftsis hot to the feet. In the far northernpart of the state isthe mighty Mt. Shastawhose snow-crownedsummit rises to a heightof 14,400 feet. The as-cent is not especiallydifficult or the top you find amile-wide crater, 2500feet deep, and steamingsprings among the loosestones. Sometimescavernous rumblingsgive warning that thegrizzly volcano is not dead. Glaciers grind their slow waydown several valleys. Fifty miles south of Shasta, at the meeting point of theCascade Mountains and the Sierra, is Lassen Peak, 10,437feet high, which become an active volcano in 1914, afterslumbering for centuries. May 19 of the next year an erup-tion of hot gases burst forth beneath the deeply snow-covered northeast slope. The snow was instantly changed. In the Garden of the Santa BarbaraMission California 469
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