Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1920 — HILLS WERE ONCE VOLCANOES [ARTICLE]

HILLS WERE ONCE VOLCANOES

Thousands of Years Ago, What Are Now Pleasure Resorts, Near Montreal, Were to Be Dreaded. Near Montreal are eight great hills, each bearing two names, and known collectively as the “Monereglan Hills,” which now are believed to be nothing more than the roots of former volcanoes tlfat reared themselves thousands of feet Into the air, and belched lava and steaming ash on the surrounding district. Some authorities agree that the hills, which now are pleasure resorts, in former ages were 2,000 feet high, but have been cut off. ’ On many of the mountain tops are hidden lakes, believed to have at one time been craters. For a long period the peaks are believed to have been worn by water and weather, and the passing- ages found them greatly decreased In size. Then came the glacial period, and the movement of the stupendous sheets of ice Arom the northeast tore the mountains from their base, scraped many hundred of feet of earth from the rocks surrounding them, and transferred it farther south. The baked limestone alone withstood the onslaught, and although the softer rock was carried away, the lava beds remained and formed the present-day hills.