Visual arts are celebrated with original exhibits by local artists in Maysvilleâs galleries and many local businesses. The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center, located on Sutton Street, is home to the exquisite Kathleen Savage Browning Miniature Collection.
About 100,000 years ago, the most recent of these eruptions formed the Mammoth Knolls, low hills just north of the Town of Mammoth Lakes. Mammoth Mountain, a young volcano on the rim of Long Valley Caldera, was built by numerous eruptions between 220,000 and 50,000 years ago.
One other way mountains form is as the result of volcanic activity below Earthâs surface. Sometimes molten rock called magma gets pushed up toward the surface. When that happens, it cools and forms hard rock.Eventually, the softer rock above it erodes to reveal a dome-shaped mountain below.ne other way mountains form is as the result of volcanic activity below Earthâs surface. Sometimes molten rock called magma gets pushed up toward the surface. When that happens, it cools and forms hard rock.