In 1943 the Paricutin volcano in this country grew in a cornfield to be more than 1,100 feet tall
The volcano 
surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, ... By 
1952, the volcano left a 424 meter high cone and significantly damaged a 233 km
2 area... [DOC] [TLE] Natural Seven Wonders: Paricutin - Cornfield Volcano [PAR] On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido was working in his cornfield just outside ... 
on top of a small hill in the field a huge crack, over six feet wide and 150 feet (
47m) long, ... Volcanic activity over millions of years has created a high plateau of 
rock ...