William M. Sheffield
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- Jan 6, 1895Six Men Climbed a Smoking Rainier in MidwinterWhen Mount Rainier seemed to erupt in 1894, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sent Maj. E. S. Ingraham and five companions up the Carbon River in deep winter to find out what was really happening.Mount Rainier, WA
- Jan 6, 1895A Christmas on the Ice King: The Climb That Saw Rainier SmokingIn 1894, Major Ingraham led six men, seven homing pigeons, and a camera onto Mount Rainier’s glaciers. They came back with frostbite, a story of steam and smoke rising from the crater—and one pigeon missing.Mount Rainier, WA