Earthquake Point of Washington State is a pretty crazy story and the pic really dose not give it justice. But if you can think about a mile or so of mountain sliding down like a Iceburg in a shear slice is pretty amazing to see today,but imagine in 1872. I think most people would think it was the end of the world.
On the road side theres a sign below this point that reads,
This site on Ribbon Cliff, called Broken Mountain by the Indians, experienced a violent earthquake in December, 1872. The shock split the mountain, forming the cliff to the west and causing a huge rockslide which stopped the flow of the Columbia River for several hours. The black ribbons of the cliff are lava-filled fissures. Plateau of the region later covered the rock mass. The white volcanic ash in road excavation is so recent as to have buried undecayed logs. It was blown from Glacier Peak, a volcanic cone, 50 miles to the northwest
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