Booker Taliaferro Washington. Educator Booker T. Washington was one of the foremost African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founding the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University.
You are visitor #1 million + since June 10, 1998. On May 18th, 1980 the eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state disrupted the lives of thousands and changed more than 200 square miles of rich forest into a grey, lifeless landscape. Now, more than twenty-six years later, the land around the mountain is slowly healing.
Follow us. Once the fifth highest mountain of the Cascade Mountains, Mount Saint Helens erupted the morning of May 18, 1980. Not only are the facts and stories of the eruption itself fascinating, there is nothing like driving through the area today and seeing how nature has progressed since the eruption.et directions from your start address to the beginning of and including this scenic drive. Choose either an alternate ending or same as start. 1  Starting: * Use GPS. 2  To: Spirit Lake Memorial Highway to Mount St. Helens.