In 1943, events going on in Germany and other European countries were not the only earth shaking things happening. In February of 1943 a farmer in Mexico had his world rocked and turned upside down, literally overnight.
As he went out to plow one day, he noticed that from a crack in the ground there was smoke and the smell of rotten eggs. Before long, it seemed as if all the Devil was unleashed right in his field.
A volcano was being born, right in his cornfield. It continued erupting and growing at an astounding rate. Overnight it grew to the size of a house. Within a year it grew to its current height of 1,345 feet. The town and surrounding countryside and towns were all affected. Of course, crops, livestock and people died as a result of the eruption. Many people did move on to other places away from the growing volcano. In the years after the eruptions, it was seen that those folks who moved away could have stood to have gained from the disaster brought on them by the volcano.
The ash was good for the soil and later brought about a good harvest of healthy crops. Of course, many people could not stay around that long, as the volcano continued to erupt until 1953. It is now a sight to see and hear what the villagers have to tell about the birth of the volcano.
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