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Limestone Industry TIMELINE Limestone Industry TIMELINE Company Last First Year Mo. Day Event Source Name Name 1816 Indiana becomes a state. Monroe County and City of 1818 Bloomington, Indiana are established. 1820 1 20 Indiana Seminary established. First recorded use of cut Indiana Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to limestone for the foundation and 1826 the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence sill of the mainly brick second Counties, Indiana, 1991 Monroe County Courthouse. First commercial quarry opened by Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana 1827 Richard Gilbert 3/4 mi south of Gilbert Richard Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Stinesville, Monroe County. Indiana University, 1944. First house built of Indiana Limestone and oldest standing Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to 1828 house in Monroe County. (Daniel Stoute Daniel the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Stoute house, 3655 N. Maple Counties, Indiana, 1991 Grove Rd.). Indiana College established from 1828 1 24 Indiana Seminary. Funding provided by the Institute of Museums and Library Sciences under the Library and Services Technology Act (LSTA) as administered by the Indiana State Library. Limestone Industry Timeline for Monroe County, Indiana was created by the Indiana Room, Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana for the Indiana Bedrock project, June 2010 www.indianabedrock.org 1. Limestone Industry TIMELINE Company Last First Year Mo. Day Event Source Name Name First stone carver, a man named Toburn, arrives in area. He was Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to brought to Bedford from Louisville 1832 Foote Winthrope the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence by Dr. Winthrope Foote, a pioneer Counties, Indiana, 1991 physician, to carve the Foote family burial vault. Wylie House (307 E. Second St.) built of brick on an Indiana Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to 1835 limestone foundation was Wylie Andrew the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence constructed by Andrew Wylie, first Counties, Indiana, 1991 president of Indiana University. 1837 Ellettsville established. Report of a "geological renaissance" in Indiana by David Dale Owen (son of New Harmony Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana 1838 founder Robert Owen) traces Owen David Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, deposits of stone across the state, Indiana University, 1944. claiming it would produce good building stone. Indiana University established from 1838 Indiana College. Funding provided by the Institute of Museums and Library Sciences under the Library and Services Technology Act (LSTA) as administered by the Indiana State Library. Limestone Industry Timeline for Monroe County, Indiana was created by the Indiana Room, Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana for the Indiana Bedrock project, June 2010 www.indianabedrock.org 2. Limestone Industry TIMELINE Company Last First Year Mo. Day Event Source Name Name First Bedford (Lawrence County) Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to 1852 quarry opened by John Glover, a Glover John the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence half mile south of Bedford. Counties, Indiana, 1991 Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana August Coleman quarry opens one 1853 Coleman August Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, mile south of Bedford. Indiana University, 1944. Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to Watts-Biddle Quarry at Stinesville 1853 the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence opens. Counties, Indiana, 1991 First train of Monon (New Albany and Salem, at that time) reaches Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to 1853 4 18 Bedford on April 18, 1853 and the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Bloomington on December 14, Counties, Indiana, 1991 1853. Work begins on first major building constructed of Indiana limestone, Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to 1853 the United States Custom House the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence and Courthouse in Louisville, Counties, Indiana, 1991 Kentucky. Monon railroad line reaches the Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to town of Ellettsville in January, 1854 the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence opening northern and southern Counties, Indiana, 1991 routes. Funding provided by the Institute of Museums and Library Sciences under the Library and Services Technology Act (LSTA) as administered by the Indiana State Library. Limestone Industry Timeline for Monroe County, Indiana was created by the Indiana Room, Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana for the Indiana Bedrock project, June 2010 www.indianabedrock.org 3. Limestone Industry TIMELINE Company Last First Year Mo. Day Event Source Name Name All work done by hand and horse: pick and shovel; wheelbarrow; horse-drawn dumpcart; 10-20 feet long hand drills to drill as many as 10-12 aligned 34 inch holes for black powder charges blasted simultaneously to loosen a large Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to rock ledge; broken into blocks 1855 the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence using hand drills, tap hammers, Counties, Indiana, 1991 and wedges; slabs sawn by 10-12 feet long 2-man crosscut saws; lifting of blocks up to 80 cubic feet done by wooden derricks and booms; steel guy rods or manila guy ropes; and hoisting by hand-or horse-power. First steam-driven gang saw Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to 1855 installed in Indiana stone district at the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Watts-Biddle quarry. Counties, Indiana, 1991 Second railroad (the Baltimore and Ohio, then called the Ohio and Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to 1855 Mississippi) constructed through the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence southern Lawrence County Counties, Indiana, 1991 crossing the Monon at Mitchell and Funding provided by the Institute of Museums and Library Sciences under the Library and Services Technology Act (LSTA) as administered by the Indiana State Library. Limestone Industry Timeline for Monroe County, Indiana was created by the Indiana Room, Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana for the Indiana Bedrock project, June 2010 www.indianabedrock.org 4. Limestone Industry TIMELINE Company Last First Year Mo. Day Event Source Name Name opening eastern and western markets. Ohio and Mississippi Railway (now Baltimore and Ohio) completed Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana 1857 construction across the southern Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, end of Lawrence County, Indiana University, 1944. intersecting the Monon at Mitchell. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Jeptha Knight quarry opens one 1859 Knight Jeptha Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, mile east of Bedford. Indiana University, 1944. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana James S. Williams quarry opens 3/4 1860 Williams James Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, mile west of Stinesville. Indiana University, 1944. Erving and Glover quarries suspend Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana 1861 operations with the outbreak of Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, the Civil War. Indiana University, 1944. 1861 4 12 American Civil War begins. Matthews Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to Brothers First Ellettsville quarry opened by 1862 Matthews John the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Stone John Matthews. Counties, Indiana, 1991 Company Funding provided by the Institute of Museums and Library Sciences under the Library and Services Technology Act (LSTA) as administered by the Indiana State Library. Limestone Industry Timeline for Monroe County, Indiana was created by the Indiana Room, Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana for the Indiana Bedrock project, June 2010 www.indianabedrock.org 5. Limestone Industry TIMELINE Company Last First Year Mo. Day Event Source Name Name George J. Wardwell of Rutland, Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana 1863 Vermont invents the channeling Wardwell George Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, machine. Indiana University, 1944. Matthews Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Brothers John Matthews establishes four 1864 Matthews John Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Stone gang saw mill. Indiana University, 1944. Company John Kostenbader quarry opens Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana 1864 one and a half miles north of Kostenbader John Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Ellettsville. Indiana University, 1944. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Nicholas Coats quarry opens one 1865 Coats Nicholas Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, mile south of Bedford. Indiana University, 1944. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana James Needham quarry opens in 1866 Needham James Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Salem. Indiana University, 1944. Batchelor, Joseph
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