From the September 15, 1934, issue
By Science News
RAINIER, ONCE VOLCANO, NOW FLOWER-WREATHED
Mt. Rainier, of late familiarized more than ever to the American public through its use on the three-cent postage stamp of the new National Parks series, once held fire within, and now holds ice and flowers without. This stately, symmetrical peak, towering more than 14,000 feet over the valleys of the Pacific Northwest, is a volcano. It has shown no signs of fiery activity during the white man’s acquaintance with it, though there is an Indian tradition of a great outburst long ago.