Booker T. Washington's Death Revisited. BALTIMORE -- Booker T. Washington died of high blood pressure, a review of his medical records has determined, erasing a cloud over the civil rights leader's death left by one of his doctors more than 90 years ago.
Mount Saint Helens eruption 1980. Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 96 miles south of Seattle and 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century.
Causes of the eruption Mount St. Helens sits on the plate boundary between Juan de Fuca and the North American plates (map above). The boundary is part of the so-called âRing of Fireâ - the string of volcanoes that congregate around the margin of the Pacific Ocean.auses of the eruption Mount St. Helens sits on the plate boundary between Juan de Fuca and the North American plates (map above). The boundary is part of the so-called âRing of Fireâ - the string of volcanoes that congregate around the margin of the Pacific Ocean.