Harry R. Truman

Harry R Truman October 30 1896 May 18 1980 was an American businessman bootlegger and prospector He lived near Mount St Helens a dormant volcano in the Cascade Range in the state of Washington and was the owner and caretaker of Mount St Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake near the base of the mountain After Mount St Helens awoke from dormancy in March 1980 Truman became a folk hero in the weeks leading to the volcanos May eruption refusing to evacuate his home despite repeated orders from authorities On May 18 1980 Truman was killed in the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St Helens by a pyroclastic flow that overtook his lodge and buried the site under 150 ft 46 m of volcanic debris Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry R Truman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia