The museum displays victims’ equipment and belongings, including a Volvo owned by 27-year-old photographer Reid Blackburn who died in the 1980 eruption.
SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — Dozens of items that survived the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens are once again on display for the general public.
“Mount St. Helens has always been an interest of mine,” said said Joe Bongiovanni, owner of the Mount St. Helens & Bigfoot Interpretive Center.
He bought dozens of eruption artifacts in 2022 from the Ottosen family and now has them on display.
The Ottosens opened The Museum of Mount St. Helens, featuring vehicles, logging equipment,
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