Fred H. Kiser 



THE GLORIOUS GRAVE OF A FALLEN MONARCH : CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK 

 Kings of nature, like their human counterparts, sometimes pass away in a spectacular fashion. Mount 

 Katmai blew off its head, but its mighty mass still dominates the view. Mount Mazama, wasted away by 

 internal disorders, collapsed into the seething mass above which it once raised its proud head. There was a 

 reaction and the internal forces tried to raise another monarch. But the coup failed and tiny Wizard Island, 

 almost drowned in blue spring water of surprising clearness, stands as the impotent heir of a blustering sire. 



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