Our Mt. Tabor makes Portland one of only two cities in the continental U.S. to have an extinct volcano within its boundaries; the other city is Bend, Oregon. The volcanic features of Mt. Tabor became known in 1912, years after Mt. Tabor became a public park. The volcanic cinders discovered in the park were later utilized in surfacing Mt. Tabor Park's roads. Mt. Tabor now contains a permanent exhibit of the volcanic cone from which the cinders were obtained.