The volcanic high desert of the Oregon Trail in South Central Idaho provides huge contrast. The band of fire that provides evidence of the grinding of the plates of land-mass on the continent stretches from the West Coast of the United States through Lassen Peak to Craters of the Moon to the Caldera of Yellowstone. The fire on this day is the dawn of a new day. However, as the sage and cooled molten rock landscape suggest, volcanic activity occurred as recently as 3,000 years-ago.
