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Limestone Industry TIMELINE

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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

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1816

Indiana becomes a state.

1818 Monroe County and City of

Bloomington, Indiana are established.

1820 1 20

Indiana Seminary established.

1826

First recorded use of cut Indiana limestone for the foundation and sill of the mainly brick second Monroe County Courthouse.

Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1827 First commercial quarry opened by

Richard Gilbert 3/4 mi south of Stinesville, Monroe County.

Gilbert Richard Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1828

First house built of Indiana Limestone and oldest standing house in Monroe County. (Daniel Stoute house, 3655 N. Maple Grove Rd.).

Stoute Daniel Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1828 1 24 Indiana College established from

Indiana Seminary.



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1832

First stone carver, a man named Toburn, arrives in area. He was brought to Bedford from Louisville by Dr. Winthrope Foote, a pioneer physician, to carve the Foote family burial vault. .

Foote Winthrope Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1835

Wylie House (307 E. Second St.) built of brick on an Indiana limestone foundation was constructed by Andrew Wylie, first president of Indiana University.

Wylie Andrew Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1837

Ellettsville established.

1838

Report of a "geological renaissance" in Indiana by David Dale Owen (son of New Harmony founder Robert Owen) traces deposits of stone across the state, claiming it would produce good building stone.

Owen David Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1838 Indiana University established from

Indiana College.



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1852 First Bedford (Lawrence County)

quarry opened by John Glover, a half mile south of Bedford.

Glover John Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1853

August Coleman quarry opens one mile south of Bedford.

Coleman August Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1853

Watts-Biddle Quarry at Stinesville opens.


1853 4 18

First train of Monon (New Albany and Salem, at that time) reaches Bedford on April 18, 1853 and Bloomington on December 14, 1853.


1853

Work begins on first major building constructed of Indiana limestone, the United States Custom House and Courthouse in Louisville, Kentucky.


1854

Monon railroad line reaches the town of Ellettsville in January, opening northern and southern routes.




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1855

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 rock ledge; broken into blocks using hand drills, tap hammers, 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.


1855 First steam-driven gang saw

installed in Indiana stone district at Watts-Biddle quarry.


1855

Second railroad (the Baltimore and Ohio, then called the Ohio and Mississippi) constructed through southern Lawrence County crossing the Monon at Mitchell and




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opening eastern and western markets.

1857

Ohio and Mississippi Railway (now Baltimore and Ohio) completed construction across the southern end of Lawrence County, intersecting the Monon at Mitchell.

Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1859

Jeptha Knight quarry opens one mile east of Bedford.

Knight Jeptha Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1860

James S. Williams quarry opens 3/4 mile west of Stinesville.

Williams James Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1861 Erving and Glover quarries suspend

operations with the outbreak of the Civil War.


1861 4 12

American Civil War begins.

1862

Matthews Brothers Stone Company

First Ellettsville quarry opened by John Matthews.

Matthews John Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991



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1863 George J. Wardwell of Rutland,

Vermont invents the channeling machine.

Wardwell George Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1864


John Matthews establishes four gang saw mill.

Matthews John Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1864 John Kostenbader quarry opens

one and a half miles north of Ellettsville.

Kostenbader John Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1865

Nicholas Coats quarry opens one mile south of Bedford.

Coats Nicholas Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1866

James Needham quarry opens in Salem.

Needham James Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1866

Perry Brothers quarry opens a half mile north of Ellettsville.


1866

N. Hall and D. Harrison quarry opens one mile south of Bedford.


1866 Perry Brothers establish four gang

saw mill.

Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business,



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Indiana University, 1944.

1866

Nathan Hall and Davis Harrison establish six gang saw mill.


1868 Gosport Stone and Lime Company

First Spencer (Owen County, IN ) quarry opened by the Gosport Stone and Lime Company.


1868

Watts-Biddle quarry closes, partially due to its location being four miles from the nearest railroad.


1869 Matthews Mansion built by John

Matthews. Matthews John

1869

Bernhardt Schweitzer quarry opens a half mile southwest of Spencer.

Schweitzer Bernhardt Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1869

Sharp and Hight quarry opens in Ellettsville.


1870 Indianapolis and Vincennes Railway

(now Pennsylvania) finished through Owen County.




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1870

Number of quarries equals 16. Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1871

Lawrence County Courthouse constructed of Indiana Limestone in Bedford. It was dedicated on July 4th and attended by Chicago stone contractor John Rawle who became an avid promoter of the use of Indiana limestone.

Rawle John Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1871

Major impetus for the use of Indiana Limestone in the rebuilding efforts following the major fires of Chicago (1871) and Boston (1872). Limestone buildings were observed to suffer least from fire damage.


1872 Matthews and Perry Brothers

quarries furnish stone for the courthouse in Indianapolis.


1872

First steam-powered traveling crane was introduced by Perry Brothers of Ellettsville. It was used to move stone in mill operations.




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1873


Bedford quarry supplies the blue salem limestone for pilasters and capitals of Illinois Statehouse at Springfield.


1875


First steam-driven channeling machine, used to drive chisels and separate blocks of rock, introduced into the area by John Matthews.

Matthews John Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1875

Opening of Bedford to Bloomfield railroad.


1876


Illinois State Capitol built in Springfield, Illinois.

The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1876 Nathan Hall furnishes eighty

carloads of stone for a new courthouse in Rockford, Illinois.

Hall Nathan Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1876

Pronouncement by Inspector T.H. Oakshott from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Buildings of the United States that Indiana Limestone was superior to any other in the county for building

Oakshott T. Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991



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purposes.

1877

Opening of competition for stone contracts for the buildings of Chicago City Hall and the Indiana Statehouse, which resulted in major use of Indiana limestone.


1877

Major early limestone markets are Illinois (55%), Indianapolis (19%), Kentucky (11%), other Indiana (6%), other U.S. (9%).


1877

First year for which production statistics are available: 339,153 cubic feet produced in Indiana Stone District.


1879 White River Stone and Lime Company

The White River Stone and Lime Company suffer foreclosure.


1879

First train carload of Indiana Limestone shipped to New York City on April 12 and twenty-five carloads shipped later in the year to build the Fifth Avenue residence of William K. Vanderbilt, designed

Vanderbilt William Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991



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by architect Richard M. Hunt.

1879 4 12

Bedford local stone cutters' union organized.


1879 Stone cutters' wages are $1.00 per

day.

McDonald, Bill. A Short History of Indiana Limestone. Bedford, Ind.: Lawrence County Tourism Commission, 1995.

1880 Indiana State Capitol built using

Bedford stone by firm Voris, Norton and Company.


1881 2 24

Congressman Cooper criticizes Census Bulletin No. 78 which shows "the oolitic limestone is unfit for building purposes, but advertises the granite of Maine for that purpose.”

Cooper Republican Progress Newspaper

1881 3 2

Bloomington now has "oolitic stone headquarters" in the building just east of Chas. H. McPheeters' grocery store.

McPheeters Charles Republican Progress Newspaper

1881 3 2 Seward foundry and machine shop

experiences high productivity due to demand from limestone

Seward Republican Progress Newspaper



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quarries.

1881

Employment and productivity figures: 604 men worked 1,978,704 hours to produce 718,575 cubic feet of stone.


1882 First foreign-born men (20 Italians)

brought in to work in stone district by David Reed.

Reed David Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1883

Bedford Quarry Company

Bedford Quarry Company incorporated, opening a quarry northwest of Bedford at Reed's Station.


1883

W.A. Saunders builds the first direct-action channeling machine with a gang of chisels attached to an upright piston.

Saunders W. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1884

Indiana University moved to present Dunn Woods location after fire at previous Seminary Square location at Second and College. The first two buildings, Owen Hall and Wylie Hall, are mainly brick with Indiana Limestone for sills,




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steps, and some trim.

1885

Automatic feeding of sand and water to gang saws in milling operations increases productivity significantly.


1885


1886

Major markets are Chicago, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.


1886

Cotton Exchange Building in New Orleans is the first major job for which cut stone was shipped from the Indiana stone belt ready to set in the wall (i.e. the start of stone finishing in the belt).


1887 9 1

Yard and mill workers struck demanding that William Tarbot, a company employee, be discharged. He was quickly fired and work resumed a few days after.

Tarbot Wiliam Lawrence Mail 9-1-1887 in Bell, Ron, "Early History of Indiana Limestone" pp. 55-6.



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1887 12 5

The Journeyman Stone Cutters Association (current national union) organized by representatives in twenty cities at Chicago.


1888 4 20 Major Perry and William Matthews

prospect for a quarry location in Indiana.

Matthews William Bell, Ron. Early History of Indiana Limestone. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008.

1889

Big Creek Stone Company

The Chicago and Stinesville Company buys the remaining properties of the Watts-Biddle firm, renaming it the Big Creek Stone Company.

Bell, Ron. Early History of Indiana Limestone. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008.

1889 Stone cutters' wages equals $3.00

per day.


1889

Major markets are Chicago and New York.


1889 Railroad connecting Bedford to

Evansville and Richmond constructed.


1890 12 3 Central Oolitic Stone Quarry Company

Central Oolitic Stone Quarry Company formed.

Dolan John Republican Progress Newspaper



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Kelly Charles Republican Progress Newspaper



Orchard Harry Republican Progress Newspaper



Showers J . Republican Progress Newspaper



Showers William Republican Progress Newspaper

1890 12 3

Central Oolitic Stone Quarry Company

“The ‘Central Oolitic Stone Quarry Co.’ has been organized with a capital stock of $100,000 --- all but a few thousands having been sold. Work will begin as soon as the machinery, which has been ordered, can be delivered. Officers chosen are John Waldron, Prest., J.D. Showers, V. Prest., Harry Orchard, Secretary, Wm. N. Showers, Treasurer.

Waldron John Republican Progress Newspaper



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The Directors are John Waldron, J.D. Showers, J.C. Dolan, W.W. Wicks, R.M. Weir, Chas. Kelly.”



Weir R. Republican Progress Newspaper



Wicks W. Republican Progress Newspaper

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“The mild weather has been favorable for the stone quarry business. As a rule quarry men have had a season of enforced idleness lasting from the middle of November till February. So far this winter quarry work of all kinds has been pushed with uncommon vigor, and there are orders to be filled as well as work to do.” Also, “All the stock in the new stone company, that will begin operations on the site of the Dolan factory, has been sold, and the

Republican Progress Newspaper



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only mistake the company made was in not capitalizing it at double the amount. Machinery has been ordered and work will soon begin.”

1890 11 26

A stone quarry is to be opened on the site of the Dolan factory, on the railroad west of Showers’ factory. The land has been core drilled and the stone is shown to be of fine quality. W.W. Wicks, John Waldron, Showers Bros. and John C. Dolan are at the head of this enterprise, and enough of the stock has been sold to insure its successful working at once. The machinery has already been contracted for, and with the money and energy possessed by the incorporators of this company there is no such word as fail. In fact the only failure about the stone business in Monroe county is the failure to get enough cars to move it.” [Dolan had previously

Dolan John Republican Progress Newspaper



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operated a stave factory on the site.]

1890

Through 1895: Biltmore House designed and built by Richard M. Hunt for George W. Vanderbilt at Ashville, North Carolina. It was described at the time as "by far the most sumptuous home built in the last quarter of the century."

Vanderbilt George Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1890 Ingersoll and Sullivan varieties of

direct-action channeling machines introduced to Indiana stone fields.


1890 Used for turning derrick masts, the

bull wheel makes its first appearance in stone quarries.


1890 Wire cables had replaced most

rope for hoisting stone in quarrying operations by this time.


1890


1890 Through 1910: Period of greatest

popularity of "tree trunk" tombstones.




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1891 Bedford Stone Quarries Company

First use of electricity (for lighting) is introduced by Bedford Stone Quarries Company.


1891 4 22

Central Oolitic Stone Company

“The stockholders of the Central Oolitic Stone Co., northwestern portion of the city, at a meeting held last week, decided to add a brickyard to their plant. The clay is very desirable for the purpose and there has never been a supply of brick equal to Bloomington’s demands. There will be more money in the brick business than in the stone enterprise if it is properly conducted.”


1891 1 29


"Enoch Fuller was elected superintendent of the new Central Oolitic quarry by the board of directors. Mr. Fuller has served a lifetime in the care and manipulation of machinery, has always been especially successful in the control of workmen --- understands their peculiarities and

Fuller Enoch Republican Progress Newspaper



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management, and so is the very person for a position of this character. The company has been fortunate in securing his services. His salary was $75 per month for first three months, then $90 a month."

1891 4 8 Central Stone Company

The Central Stone Company began work.


1891 Empire Stone Company Empire Stone Company is formed.

Lilly Library Manuscript Collections http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/empirest.html

1891 3 18

Monroe County Oolitic Stone Company

“The tangle among some of the stone companies is being rapidly unraveled. The suit of Fuller, Adams et al. vs. David Reed, president of the Oolitic Stone Company of Indiana, the injunction suit of the Monroe County Oolitic Stone Company vs. the Oolitic Stone Company of Indiana, and the suit of the Oolitic Stone Company against Enoch Fuller have all been compromised….It is believed now

Fuller Enoch Republican Progress Newspaper



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that these companies will move along harmoniously this summer. Their interests are the same and there is no reason why they should not work together to their profit.”

1891

Geologist S.S. Gorby writes "so widespread is the fame of the Indiana stone that the danger of overproduction from the quarries is not an appreciable element in the consideration of the future production.”

Gorby S. McDonald, Bill. A Short History of Indiana Limestone. Bedford, Ind.: Lawrence County Tourism Commission, 1995.

1891 7 29

Quarry Owners National Association formed in Cleveland, Ohio, including fifteen Indiana companies.


1891

Steam-powered derricks had almost completely replaced hand and horse-powered ones. Of ninety-six in use, six were hand-powered and seven were horse-powered.


1891 1 21 “The stone business is going to

revive the law business, which has Republican Progress Newspaper



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been rather dull a year or two. A number of suits, growing out of the management of the quarries, have been filed in Monroe Circuit Court quite recently.”

1892

Chicago architects Burnham and Root design the Monadnock Building (Chicago). At eighteen stories high it was America's last major example of thick-walled construction with masonry bearing walls in commercial building.


1893 2 15

Perry, Matthews & Buskirk

Perry, Matthews, and Buskirk (P.M. & B.) Company incorporated. William N. Matthews is president and general manager.


1893

Standard Stone Company

Standard Stone Company organized in Bedford, Indiana. A.B . Tressler, president; William. N. Matthews, vice-president.


1893 First electric generator installed to

provide electrical power for quarrying and milling operations.




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1895 4 Bedford Building Stone Company

Bedford Building Stone Company sold and abandoned.


1895

Romona Stone Company

The Romona Stone Company of Owen County installs the first diamond saw, a heavy steel blade with black diamonds set in the edge.


1895 3

Indiana Oolitic Stone Association established.


1895

Effects of technology on worker production begin registering powerful effect--up nearly a factor of 4 from .363 cubic feet of quarried stone per man hour in 1881 to 1.31 for every hour by 1895. Total employment in stone industry triples over the same period from 604 workers to 1,722.


1895 Status of Indiana limestone in

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Washington, D.C., four state capitols, and numerous courthouses and churches.

1895


1896 8 7 Consolidated Company

Cut in wages lead to strike. All men refuse to work except four. Managers try to replace them.

Bedford Mail 8-7-1896

1896 9 4 Consolidated Company

Eighty employees out on strike over ten-percent cut in wages.


1896 4 13

White River Stone and Lime Company; Bedford-Sterling Stone Company

White River Stone and Lime Company sold to Bedford-Sterling Stone Company.


1896

Turning point in the transition of the Indiana limestone industry from primarily a quarry industry to one in which fabrication of the stone was becoming significant.




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1897 6 30

Bedford Stone Mill Company; Bedford Sawed Stone Company

Bedford Stone Mill Company sold to W.L. Kann of the Bedford Sawed Stone Company.

Kann W. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1897 Perry, Matthews & Buskirk

Perry, Matthews, and Buskirk quarry sold to Walsh interests of Bedford Stone Company.

Bell, Ron. Early History of Indiana Limestone. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008.

1897 6 21 Stinesville Stone Company

Stinesville Stone Company sold to I. Mueller.

Mueller I. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1897 5 17

Quarry Accident Gilpen Harry Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1897

Evansville and Richmond Railroad completed through Bedford.


1897 2 12

Organization of the Stone Quarrymen's Union at Bloomington with seventy members and forty applications. Officers are elected.


1898 12 19 Bedford Sterling

Bedford Sterling Stone Company abandoned.

Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business,



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Stone Company

Indiana University, 1944.

1898 7 23

Standard Stone Company; Matthews Stone Company

Standard Stone Company sold to W.N. Matthews.

Matthews William Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1898 9 Quarry Accident Stinesville

Explosion in 1898 Grubbs John


Explosion in 1898 Hite Milton


Explosion in 1898 Wampler John


Explosion in 1898 Watts Ed


Explosion in 1898 Williams John

1898 Contract received for construction

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1898

Productivity figures: 1,391 men produced 5,630,046 cubic feet.


1898 4 25 Outbreak of Spanish-American

War.

1899 4 Chicago and Bedford Stone Company

Chicago and Bedford Stone Company sold to H.L. Thornton.

Thornton H. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1899 9

Unnamed Strike at Bedford by Bedford Stonecutters' Union when planer men tried to negotiate but were replaced by new workers.

Bloomington Daily Herald 12-9-1949 & H-Tel 9-24-1968; also Bedford Democrat 9-5-1899 in Bell, Ron, "Early History of Indiana Limestone" pp. 119-120.

1899 7 1899

Quarry Accident Staggs John Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1899 Several mills in northeast Bedford

purchase electric power from the Southern Indiana Railway.


1899

The Journeyman Stone Cutters Association ("General Union") unsuccessfully attempts to prevent the introduction of the planing machine.




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1899

Indiana Stone Railway opens in Monroe County.


1899 8 Planer Men's Union organized and

is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.

Bedford Mail 6-9-1899 in Bell, Ron, "Early History of Indiana Limestone" pp. 118.

1900 1 23


Meeting of stone company owners to organize and agree on prices.

Matthews Fred Bloomington Telephone 1-23-1900 p 1 col 2

1900

The American Federation of Labor sends organizers to the Indiana stone district to organize classes of labor other than stone cutters.


1900

The First Presbyterian Church built the oldest standing church building within the Bloomington City limits at 6th and Lincoln using rusticated Indiana limestone. The church was established in 1819.


1901

First use of compressed air for channeling machines.




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1901 7 2 Twelve "machine men" struck due

to wage cut from .22.5 to .20/hr. Bloomington Telephone 7-2-1901 p 4 col 1

1902 8 8

Five hundred workers strike in Bedford over a wage reduction from .18.5 to .16/hr for sawyers. They were back to work at original wage on August 15, then owners threatened to close quarries until spring.

Bloomington Telephone 8-8-1902 p 1 col 3; 8-15-1902 p 1 col 3; 8-22-1902 p 1 col 2

1902 8 15 Quarries at Bedford may close till

spring because of strike. Bloomington Telephone 8-15-1902 p 1 col 2

1903 6 2 Cresent Stone Co

Mrs. Jenkins files $10,000 suit because of her husband's death on June 11, 1901.

Jenkins Emma Bloomington Evening World 6-2-1903 p 1 col 5

1903

Boynton Frank Bloomington Evening World 6-11-1903 p 1 col 3

1903 6 10

Quarry Accident Mayfield Roy Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1903 6 10

Quarry Accident Mayfield Roy Coroner's Inquest plus Bl Eve Wld 6-10-1903



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1903 6 11

Staggs Frank Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1903 11 9

Quarry Accident Watts Alonzo Bloomington Evening World 11-9-1903 p 1 col 3

1903 7 2

Quarry Accident Willock John Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1903 7 2

Quarry Accident Willock John Coroner's Inquest plus Bl World 7-1-1903

1903 5

The Bedford strike of 1903 began on May 1st and lasted until June 29th.

Lockhart, Oliver C. "The Oölitic Limestone Industry of Indiana," Indiana University Studies, Nos. 9 to 10, Bloomington IN: 9, 1910, pp. 71-110. Indiana University Library, AS 36 .I6 V. 1 No. 1-14. Pp. 104-106. Also 5 newspaper clippings of 4 30, 5 28 & 30, 6 16 & 23.

1903 6 26 Bedford strike of planer men

settled. Bloomington Evening World 6-26-1903 p 1 col 3

1904 11 17 Johnson Stone Co Quarry Accident Henshaw John Bloomington Evening World 11-17-1904 p 1 col 1

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Quarry Accident Malicoat William Bloomington Evening World 10-8-1904 p 1 col 1



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1905 11 28 Acme Stone Co. Death by heart failure Jones Joseph Bloomington Evening World 11-28-1905 p 1 col 1

1905 11 11 Johnson Stone Co. Quarry Accident Fender

Jesse [James in paper]

Coroner's Inquest & Bloomington Evening World 6-9-1905 p 1 col 1

1905 11 11

Quarry Accident Fender Jesse Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1905

Kentucky state capitol built of Indiana limestone.


1905

Through 1906: Walls of inner court of House of Representatives office building and Senate Office Building constructed of Indiana Limestone.


1906 5 4

Buffalo White Limestone Quarry Company

Buffalo White Limestone Quarry Company sold and abandoned.


1906 4 9

Clear Creek Stone Company; Consolidated Stone

Clear Creek Stone Company sold to Consolidated Stone Company.




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1906 5 31

Quarry Accident Butcher John Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1906

First year in which Indiana dimension limestone production exceeded fifty percent of total U.S. production.


1907 5 31

Quarry Accident Tell Harry Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1907

Average cost estimated at $.75 per foot in oolitic stone and $1.00 per foot for Mitchell limestone. Average rate of cutting was twenty feet per day.


1907 Pneumatic tools begin to replace

mallet and chisel for cutting and carving stone.


1907

Construction begins on the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. It would take eighty-three years to complete with the last



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filial being placed in the presence of George H.W. Bush in 1990.

1908 Empire Stone Company

Nat U. Hill served as president of the Empire Stone Company.

Hill Nat Lilly Library Manuscript Collections http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/empirest.html


Frederick Matthews served as vice-president of the Empire Stone Company.

Matthews Frederick Lilly Library Manuscript Collections http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/empirest.html


Lawrence Van Buskirk served as secretary of the Empire Stone Company.

Van Buskirk Lawrence Lilly Library Manuscript Collections http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/empirest.html

1908 1 6 Grant Stone Company

Grant Stone Company sold and abandoned.


1908


Matthews Brothers Stone Company ceased its quarry operations and concentrated solely on the fabrication of cut stone.

Bloomington Herald Telephone 1 31, 1979

1908 6 1 Monarch Stone Company

Monarch Stone Company sold to C.H. Moline.

Moline C. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1908 2 15 U.S. Quarries Company

U.S. Quarries Company sold to Fulwider (later worked by Fulwider-Bedford Quarries

Fulwider Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.



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Company).

1908 Third Monroe County Courthouse

dedicated. It was built completely of Indiana Limestone.

McIlveen Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, 1991

1908 3 27

Quarry Accident McNeeley Alonzo Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1909 3 16

Myers James Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1909 3 16

Quarry Accident Myers James Coroner's Inquest plus Bl D Tele 3-16-1909 p 1 col 4

1910 2 7 Acme Bedford Stone Company

Acme Bedford Stone Company sold and abandoned.


1910 7 6

Eclipse Stone Company; Alexander King Stone Company

Eclipse Stone Company sold to Alexander King Stone Company.




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1910


Owen County Courthouse built in Spencer, Indiana.


1910

Reed Stone Company

The Reed Stone Company is incorporated and absorbs the interests of the Indiana Cut Stone Company, the Norton-Reed Stone Company, the New York Bedford Quarries Company, and the Oolitic Stone Company of Indiana.


1910

The principal manufacturer of diamond saws, W.F. Meyers and Son, open a branch plant in Bedford.


1910

A small hydroelectric power plant is erected at Williams, Indiana, located on White River about ten miles west of Bedford.


1910

The Cleveland Stone Company purchases the Bedford Quarries Company and merges it with the Perry, Matthews and Buskirk Stone Company to create the Indiana




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Quarries Company.

1911 6 8

Bedford Stone Club appoints a committee to develop promotional work and appropriates $10,000 per year to maintain a representative in Washington, D.C.


1911

First federal government building constructed entirely of Indiana limestone is the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Washington, DC.


1912 4 26

Bloomington Bedford Stone Company

Bloomington Bedford Stone Company sold to Bloomington-Bedford Stone Company of Kentucky.


1912 2

Steam power plant in Williams, Indiana furnishes power to a number of quarries and mills in Bedford.


1913

United Indiana Stone Company

The United Indiana Stone Company takes over the George W. Henley Stone Company, Fulwider Bedford Quarries Company, and the Crown Stone Company.




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1913

James Matthews, son of John Matthews on West Kirkwood, dies in Tienstin, China while on duty with the U.S. Army.

Matthews James

1913 1

The Journeyman Stone Cutters Association amends its constitution claiming all men operating stonecutting machinery as members.


1913 1 20

Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's Association established.


1913

Indiana limestone industry claims that Indiana limestone had been used in the construction of eighty-five percent of all courthouses and public buildings built in Indiana in the previous twenty years.


1913

Through 1914: Electrical transmission lines extended into the Indiana Limestone District (Oolitic in 1913; Bloomington and Ellettsville in 1914).




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1914 4 28 East Bedford Stone Company

East Bedford Stone Company sold and abandoned.


1914

The McMillan Company acquires the Standard Stone Company.


1914 6 30

Bloomington Southern Railway opens, running from Bloomington nearly ten miles southwest to quarries near Victor.


1914

Productivity figures: 1,106 men produced 7,929,000 cubic feet.


1914 Waste stone is estimated at fifty

percent (amount of solid cut stone left from original quarried stone).


1914 7 28 World War I erupts in Europe.

America formally enters in 1917.

1915 2 2

Thompson-Sandy Stone Company; A.J. Thompson Stone Company

Thompson-Sandy Stone Company sold to A.J. Thompson Stone Company.

Thompson A. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.



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1916 12 2

Indiana Bedford Stone Company; Ingalls Stone Company

Indiana Bedford Stone Company sold to Ingalls Stone Company.


1916

National Stone Company

The National Stone Company purchases the cut stone mill of the South Side Stone Company of Bloomington.


1916 Reed Stone Company

Reed Stone Company purchased by the W.C. McMillan Stone Company.


1916 11 15 Stone City Cut Stone Company

Stone City Cut Stone Company sold and abandoned.


1916 5 5

Bedford Stone Club Auxiliary is formed. It is an organization of the largest cut stone mills and members were required to file all bids with the secretary of the association.


1916 Twenty-five percent of stone sold

in the Indiana limestone district

Shewmaker, Sherman N. Quarry Quest. A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence



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was being cut by district mills. Counties, Indiana, 1991

1917 8 6

Quarry Accident Robinson James Coroner's Inquest plus Bl D Tele 8-7-1917 p 2 col 7

1917 3

Advertisement by the Indiana Quarries Company boasts that two hundred or more courthouses have been built of Indiana oolitic stone.


1917 6

The Ingalls Company of Binghamton, New York purchases the Indiana Bedford Stone Company.


1917 Adoption of a more scientific

grading system for characterizing Indiana Limestone.



Frank E. Matthews served as manager of the Empire Stone Company.

Matthews Frank Lilly Library Manuscript Collections http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/empirest.html

1918 3 7

Representatives from the Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's Association, the Bedford Stone Club, and the Bedford Chamber of Commerce appear before an




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Indiana Congressional delegation in Washington to seek assistance for the Indiana stone industry. They declared that the industry was working at only twenty-five percent capacity.

1918 Illinois Central railroad from

Effingham to Indianapolis is completed through Bloomington.


1918

Proportion of Indiana limestone produced in Lawrence County: rough stone: 73%; dressed (cut /sawed): 90%.


1919 11 23

Vaught John Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1919

Number of quarries equals 29. Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.

1920


High school building built in Hibbing, Minnesota.




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1920


U.S. Soldiers Home Hospital built in Washington, D.C..


1920

Indiana limestone accounts for slightly over eighty percent of total limestone sales for building construction in U.S.


1920 3

Strike of stone cutters lasted almost two months. Other classes, being organized, held sympathy strike. Settled with small raise.

Wylie, David Gray. "The Limestone Industry of Indiana," unpublished masters thesis, Indiana University, 1923, p. 61.

1921


State office building built in Trenton, New Jersey.


1922


Memorial Auditorium built in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


1922

Through 1932: Decade of dominance of Indiana Limestone. Over eighty-five percent of all dimension limestone produced in




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the U.S. was produced in the Indiana limestone district.

1923 1 31

Bloomington Limestone Corporation

George "Buddy" Reed II is born to George and Ruth (Burrell) Reed Sr. He would become the president of the Bloomington Limestone Corporation and chairman of the Professional Golf Car Corporation.

Reed George Bloomington Herald Times, obituary, May 15, 2005

1923 7 22 Hoadley Stone Company Quarry Accident Elkins Rebecca The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

1923 6 23 Matthew Bros & 13 others

Court finds several Bedford stone companies guilty of unlawful trust activities.

Bloomington Telephone 6-25-1923 p 1 col 3

1923


Elks National Memorial Headquarters Building built in Chicago, Illinois.


1923


Philadelphia Inquirer Company building built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.




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1923 12 15

Quarry Accident Cordell Edward Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1923


1925 Hoadley Stone Company

Tribune Tower built in Chicago, Illinois. The Matthews Brothers Stone Company was also involved.


1925


Matthews Brothers Stone Company Employee Photo

Allen Homer

1925



Andrews Henry

1925



Anthony Joe

1925 Matthews Brothers Stone


Barrett Dick



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Company

1925


Matthews Brothers Stone Company Employee Photo - Not Present

Baugh Charley

1925



Burns Ralph

1925



Chambers Forrest

1925



Coffey Lloyd

1925



Corns Ed



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1925



Curry Frank

1925



Day Ted

1925



DeLapp Babe

1925



Dillman Warren

1925



Dobson Ted

1925



Dobson Frank



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1925



Dobson John

1925



Ellett Hollis

1925



Ellett Archie

1925



Ellett Ed

1925



Fowler Blewett

1925



Freeman Everett



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1925



Gale Harry

1925



Gillaspy Jim

1925



Gillespie Frank

1925



Gillespie Charles

1925



Gillespie Orine

1925



Gillespie Lem



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1925



Hauser Harley

1925



Hite Tom

1925



Houston Oscar

1925



Ilius Clemon

1925



Jamison Jim

1925



Jordan Jim



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1925



Kelly John

1925



Kirk Augie

1925



Krebs Lee

1925



Laymon Pearl

1925



Lee Fred

1925



Martindale Claude C.



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1925



Mat Charley

1925



Matson Sidney

1925



Matson George

1925



Matson Raymond 'Fuzzy'

1925



Matson Jim

1925



Matthews Charley



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1925



May Glenn

1925



May Clinton

1925



May Edgar

1925



Mazzula Dominic

1925



McCown Archie

1925



Miller Carl



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1925



Miller Charles

1925



Neill Jr. George

1925



Neill Sr. George

1925



Parks Ed

1925



Porter Roy

1925



Powell Clarence



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1925



Presley Richard 'Dick'

1925



Price Roy

1925



Priest John

1925



Sherfield Hobart

1925



South Jerry

1925



Stanger Gilbert



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1925



Staudt Jim

1925



Stuart Charley

1925



Tague Willis

1925



Thomas Guy

1925



Thomas Joe

1925



Wampler John 'Gramby'



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1925



Wickens Ed

1925



Wright Walter E

1925


Princeton University Chapel built in Princeton, New Jersey


1925


Post-Dispatch Building built in Houston, Texas


1925 10 25

Quarry Accident Miller Cledeth Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1925 10 13

1926 Bowman-King Stone Company

One of twenty-four companies which merged to become the Indiana Stone Company.

Stuckey, Clay W. Gazetteer of Limestone Mills of Owen, Monroe, and Lawrence Counties to 1950. Bedford, Ind.: C.W. Stuckey, 1989.



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1926 Brooks Cut Stone Company



1926 C.D.Donator Cut Stone Company



1926 Clear Creak Quarries Company



1926 Crescent Stone Company

One of twenty-four companies which merged to become the Indiana Stone Company..


1926 Doyle Cut Stone Company






1926 Hoosier Cut Stone Company



1926 Hunter Valley Stone Company





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1926 Imperial Stone Company



1926 5 21

Indiana Limestone Company

Beginning of major consolidation of companies in the Indiana limestone district with the organization of the Indiana Limestone Company merging of twenty-four companies.


1926 Indiana Quarries Company



1926 Inter-State Cut Stone Company



1926 J. Hoadley & Sons Company, Inc.



1926

John A. Rowe Cut Stone Company



1926 Mathers Stone Company

One of twenty-four companies which merged to become the

Stuckey, Clay W. Gazetteer of Limestone Mills of Owen, Monroe, and Lawrence Counties to 1950. Bedford, Ind.: C.W.



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Indiana Stone Company. Stuckey, 1989.

1926 National Stone Company



1926 Shea & Donnelly Company



1926 Star Stone Company



1926 Struble Cut Stone Company



1926

The Consolidated Stone Company



1926

The Furst-Kerber Cut Stone Company





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1926

The Monroe County Oolitic Stone Company



1926

The W. McMillan & Son Stone Company



1926 United Indiana Stone Company



1926 11 30

Quarry Accident Berry Casey Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1926


1927 3


Chicago and Bloomington Stone Company, the Maple Hills Quarries Company, and the Hoadley-Cline Cut Stone Company merge with the Bloomington Limestone Company.




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1927


Heinz Memorial Chapel built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


1927


Scottish Rite Cathedral built in Indianapolis, Indiana.


1927 3 21

Quarry Accident Hawkins Perry Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1927 11 7

Quarry Accident Miller Elmer Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1927 1 21

Quarry Accident Zikes Pink Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1928 Bloomington Limestone Corporation

Merged with Cline Cut Stone Company.

Cline Kenneth

1928 Cline Cut Stone Company

Merged with Bloomington Limestone Company.



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1928 3 1 Shawnee Stone Company

Shawnee Stone Company purchases the Central Oolitic Stone Company.


1928 8 10

Quarry Accident Danner Malcolm Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1928 11 2

Quarry Accident Johnson James Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1928 5 16

Quarry Accident Vought Albert Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1928

Indiana Cut Stone Association established.


1928

Indiana Limestone Institute organized.


1928


1928

Year of peak production of Indiana Limestone: 14.5 million cubic feet.




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1929 8 1 Bloomington Limestone Corporation

Bloomington Limestone Company purchases the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Company.


1929 12 10

Quarry Accident Dewar James Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1929 6 4

Quarry Accident Larkins William Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1929 5 22

Quarry Accident Miller Lester Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1929 9 10

Quarry Accident Skinner Samuel Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1929 Stock market crash signals onset of

the Great Depression.

1930


Mellon Presbyterian Church built in East Liberty, Pennsylvania.


1930 10 11

Quarry Accident Barrett Ishuel Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.



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1930 4 3

Quarry Accident Neff Frank Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1930

Building Stone Association of Indiana formed.


1930

Promotion of split-face stone as veneer in residential construction begun in earnest by Bloomington Limestone Company, which held the 1923 patent on the shearing machine required to produce it.


1931 7 23

Quarry Accident Adams Charles Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1931 8 7

Quarry Accident Price Isaac Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1931 Empire State Building is completed

and faced with Indiana Limestone from Woolery Stone Company.


1933 Inland Quarries Company

Inland Quarries Company ceased operation in 1933.




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1933 7 1933

Quarry Accident Stewart Henry Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1933 7

Quarry Accident Stewart Henry Coroner's Inquest plus Bl Eve Wld 7-3-1933

1933 7 6

Members of the local cutters' and carvers' union vote to rejoin the Journeymen Stone Cutters Association.


1933 1 1 The International Cut Stone

Contractors and Quarrymen's Association is dissolved.


1933 7 28

The National Cut Stone Association is organized in Chicago.


1933

Number of quarries equals 19; saw mills: 13; cut stone mills: 44


1933

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Intellectuals and artists begin fleeing Germany in increasing numbers as Nazi repression grows including many famous Bauhaus artists.



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1934

Nolan-Donato quarry ceased operation in 1934.


1935


New York Central Railroad Company passenger station built in Syracuse, New York.


1936


Myers Hall built in Bloomington, Indiana.


1936


University of Delaware Chemistry Building built in Newark, Delaware.


1936 6 22

Quarry Accident Fagan Joseph Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1936 6 12

Quarry Accident Kerr Joseph Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1936 6 12

Quarry Accident Wykoff Merril Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.



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1936 6 16

Quarry Accident Young John Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1936 6 16

Quarry Accident Young John Coroner's Inquest plus Bl Tele 6-16-1936 & Eve Wld 6-16-1936

1937 1


Bloomington Limestone Corporation assigned its lease of the Indiana Oolitic Realty Company property to the Texas Quarries Company.


1937 4 7

Stone Mill Accident Deckard Raymond Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1937 9 27

Quarry Accident Fordyce Everett Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1937 Feb 23

Stone Mill Accident Welch Louis Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1937 2 23

Stone Mill Accident Welch Louis Coroner's Inquest plus Bl Tele 2-23-1937 & 2-24-1937



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1938


Yale Graduate School built in New Haven, Connecticut.


1938


Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


1938 Reed-Powers Stone Company

Reed-Powers Stone Company quarries ceased operation early in 1938.


1938 12 16

Stone Mill Accident Brown Virgil Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1938 12 17

Quarry Accident (drowning)

1941 4 1

Quarry Accident George Leo Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1941 4 29

Quarry Accident Jackson Elmer Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.



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1943 8 13

Quarry Accident Morgan Claude Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1943 Year of minimum production by

Indiana Limestone Industry in 20th century at 800,000 cubic feet.


1943 The Pentagon is completed, faced

with Indiana Limestone.

1944 Joseph Batchelor's economic

history The Indiana Limestone Industry is published.

Batchelor Joseph Batchelor, Joseph A. An Economic History of the Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry. Bloomington: school of business, Indiana University, 1944.


Cline Mill Employees who received Army-Navy Production Award for Excellence in War Production.

Acuff Chester The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Allen Eugene The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Allen Ethan The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Allen Edgar The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



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Allen Elmer The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Allen Paul The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Anderson Archie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Anderson Sidney The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Arthur Vada The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Asdell A.S. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Axsom Edward The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Axsom Ray The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



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Axsom Elmer The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Axsom Ralph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Axsom James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Axsom Eugene The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Axsom Opal The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Axsom William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bailey Henry The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Baker Walter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



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Baker John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ball Glenn The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ballinger Allen The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Barger James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bartlett Roy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bartlett Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bastin Eudarel The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Baugh Ott The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



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Beard Russell The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Beaumont Louis The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bell Leland The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bell Chas. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bell Irvin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bell Michael The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bezzy Cora The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Blackwell Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



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Blake Harry The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Blottie James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Boruff Oscar The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Boruff Tom The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bouher Riley The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Branam Tom The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Brown Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Bruner Wesley The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



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75.



Buffaloe Marcus The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Burks Chester The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Burks Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Burris Perry The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Burris James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Burris Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Butcher Elbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Butcher Merle The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



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76.



Cain Austin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cain Albert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cantrell William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cantrell Doyle The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Carter Allen The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cazee Roy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cazee, Jr. Delbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cazee, Sr. Delbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



77.



Chambers Raymond The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Chambers James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Chambers Sam The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Chambers William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Chaudion George The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Christie Corliss The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Clay Osbin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cleveland W. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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78.



Cline Defo The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Coley Elza The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Constable E. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cornwall Earl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Corter Paul The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cox Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Cracraft Berlin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Crane John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



79.



Dalton John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Hansel The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Wayne The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Opal The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Roy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Marshall The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Dwight The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Lloyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



80.



Deckard Harold The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Roma The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Curtis The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Deckard Otis The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Denny Alva The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Dephue Harvey The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Devore Joseph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Dewar William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



81.



Downs Ross The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Durham Roy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Clifford The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Stolar The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Grover The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Clifford The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Glovie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Delbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



82.



Eads Earmy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Omain The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Eads Claude The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



East Fred The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Egan Virgil The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Elkins Thomas The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



England Lonnie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



83.



Engledow Alton The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Engledow James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Fender Virgil The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Fender Len The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Fender Edward The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ferguson William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ferguson Ben The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Finley William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



84.



Fish Cecil The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Fox Jesse The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Fox T. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Freeman Peter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



French T. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Frye Herschell The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Frye Virgil The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Fulford Harley The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



85.



Fulton Junior The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Garrison Walter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Gillaspy James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Glidden Goy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Godsey James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Goss Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Griffey James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Grubb Norval The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



86.



Grubb Oden The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Grubb Leonard The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Grubb Warren The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hagan Obie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hall Carl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Halstead George The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hamm Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hamm Willie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



87.



Hamm Roger The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hardin James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hardin John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hardin Dave The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hardin Ralph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Harmon Mack The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Harper Henry The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Harris Russell The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



88.



Harris Walter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hartman Jake The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hatley Joseph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hatton Joseph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hawkins Lloyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hawkins Earl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hawkins Oscar The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hawkins Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



89.



Hawkins Clifford The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hayes Alonzo The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hazel Jas. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hazel William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Henbest Roy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Henry John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hickman Jesse The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hickman Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



90.



Hitchcox Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hoene Cleatus The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Holland John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hollars Ernest The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hollars Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hollars Walter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Holsapple Wayne The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Horton Chester The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



91.



Howe Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Howe Leabert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hudson Lester The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hueston James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hughes Marshall The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hupp Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hupp Tom The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hupp Fred The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



92.



Hupp Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hyde Burl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hyde William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Hyde Luther The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Isom Martin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Jackson Ollie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Jacobs Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Jenkins Fred The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



93.



Johnson Leroy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Johnson John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Johnson Claude The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Johnson Vearl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Johnson George The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Jones Clarence The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kay Theo. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Keller Luther The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



94.



Keller Kenneth The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kelly Ulysses The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kent Ben The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kent Ben The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kern Dorothy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ketcham James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Keutzer Theodore The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kinser Ralph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



95.



Kinser Delbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kinser Elsworth The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Kinser Leonard The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Knight Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Koontz Roy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Lane Chas. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Lawson Chas. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Linthicum Grover The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



96.



Lively Clyde The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Luallen Geo. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Lucas Harold The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Lucas Tom The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Lucas Lee The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Lucas William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Lucas Leslie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Martin Lawrence The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



97.



Martin Clyde The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Masters Floyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Masters Jesse The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



May Richard The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



May Luther The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



May Lloyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



May Arthur The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Mayfield Beryl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



98.



McArtor Homer The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



McGlocklin Thos. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



McGlothin John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



McGlothlin Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



McGlothlin Walter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



McIlveen Albert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



McPike Clyde The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Meadows Lloyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



99.



Mill William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Millenburg Elbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Millenburg John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Millenburg Joseph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Millenburg Eugene The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Millenburg Burl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Millenburg Ernest The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Miller Wayne The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



100.



Millerman Ernest The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Mitchell Dolton The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Mobley Paul The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Mobley Clarence The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Morris Matthew The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Mundy Willard The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Murphy Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Nail Everett The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



101.



Neal Holland The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Nelson Millard The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



New Roby The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Norman Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Oliphant Claude The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



O'Neal Jesse The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ooley Leo The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Owings Stanley The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



102.



Palmer James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Parham Alva The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Parham Ollie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pate Austin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Patton Roy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pavey William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pavey Curtis The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pennington Clarence The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



103.



Penrose George The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Peterson Gerald The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Phillips George The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Philpott Billy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Phillips Warren The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Phillips Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Porter Alva The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Prince Emery The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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104.



Prince Bee The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Prince Orlando The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Prince Armel The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Prince Vacel The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pritchett Sylvan The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pruitt Elza The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pryor W. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Pryor Glen The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



105.



Quillen Earl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Quillen Fred The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Rankin Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Reynolds Ora The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Reynolds Fred The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Reynolds John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Reynolds Curtis The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Rice Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



106.



Richardson William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ridge Harvey The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ritter Oatis The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Roberts Raymond The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Roberts Noble The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Roberts James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Robertson Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Robertson Leroy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



107.



Robertson Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Robinson Ralph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Robinson Clyde The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Rogers Wayne The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Rogers Andy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Ruchton William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Rumple Chester The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Rush Thomas The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



108.



Sare Brooks The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Saylor Danny The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Scales Fred The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Scott Herman The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sears William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sego Walter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sego Therman The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Self Joseph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



109.



Sellers Noble The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sexton Everett The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sexton Doyle The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sexton Raymond The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sherlock Avy The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sherlock Edward The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Shields Wade The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Shields Orville The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



110.



Simms Robert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Simms Herbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Simms Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sipes J. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sipes Kenneth The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sipes George The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sipes Glenford The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Siscoe Chas. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



111.



Siscoe Ernest The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Siscoe Harold The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Siscoe William The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Siscoe Austin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Siscoe Elza The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Lanford The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Glenn The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Hobart The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



112.



Smith Alfred The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Elbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Ancel The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Gilbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Delbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Lloyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Ernest The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



113.



Smith Edward The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Egbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Willie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Floyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smith Vada The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Smyth Charley The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Souders Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Souders Frank The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



114.



Southern James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Southern Eugene The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sowders Ruth The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sowders Ott The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Speas Wayne The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stansbury Walter The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Starr Jesse The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stevens Denzil The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



115.



Stewart Grant The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stickels Paul The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stillions Elza The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stines Homer The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stone Logan The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stuart Ollie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Stull Andrew The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Swango Charles The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



116.



Sylvester Clyde The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Sylvester Ralph The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Tarter James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Tarter Lawrence The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Taylor Carl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Taylor Emmitt The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Taylor Cleo The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Taylor Willie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



117.



Taylor Sam The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Todd Lobie The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Todd James The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Todd Franklin The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Todd Gilbert The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Trisler Carl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Underwood Arthur The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Varner Clyde The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



118.



Vaughn Clinton The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Vaught Spencer The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Waldon George The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Waldon Leonard The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Waldrip Chas. The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wall Arthur The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Walters John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wampler Carl The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



119.



Watts Virgil The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Welch, Jr. John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Whaley Lemuel The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wilbur Ross The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wiles John The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wiley Clifford The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wiley, Jr. Glen The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wilkerson Floyd The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Event Last

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Name Source



120.



Williams Paul The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Williams Harry The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wisley Kenneth The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wisley Wayne The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945



Wray Lynul The Bloomington Limestone Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana. Army-Navy "E" “ Ceremony January 9, 1945

1945

World War II ends.

1946


Boston University Music Liberal Arts and Administrative Building built in Boston, Massachusetts.



St. Patrick's Catholic Church built in Butte, Montana.




Event Last

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121.

Company

1946


County hospital building built in Anderson, South Carolina.


1946


New Tomlinson Hall at the Case School of Applied Science built in Cleveland, Ohio.


1948


Pennsylvania State College Mineral Industries Building built in State College, Pennsylvania.


1948


Cornell University Statler Hall built in Buffalo, New York.


1948


Central Christian Church built in Youngstown, Ohio.




Event Last

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Name Source



122.

1948


University of Chicago Research Institute Building built in Chicago, Illinois.


1948 6 20

Quarry Accident Vaughn William Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1949


Cardinal Spellman Auditorium built in Tarrytown, New York.


1949


Boston University Chapel built in Boston, Massachusetts.


1949 6 30

Quarry Accident Ferguson Austin Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1949 6 8

Quarry Accident Lester Uless Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1949 8 13

Quarry Accident McPhetridge Ollie Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.



Event Last

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123.

1949 1 7

Saw Mill Accident Sexton Harry Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1949 1 26

Limestone Institute offers same pay scale to crafts. Craft union asks for pay increases from $.25 to $.46 per hour.

Bloomington Weekly Herald 1-26-1949

1950


Pennsylvania State College Mechanical Engineering Building Addition built in State College, Pennsylvania.


1950


St. Gabriel's Parish built in St. Louis, Missouri.


1950


University of Wisconsin Memorial Library built in Madison, Wisconsin.


1950


West Virginia University Physics Building built in Morgantown, West Virginia.




Event Last

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Name Source



124.

1950


Sacred Heart Church built in St. Paul, Minnesota.


1950 8 29

Quarry Accident Gotwals Ben Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1951


St. Michael's Hospital built in Grand Forks, North Dakota.


1951


Cornell University Anabel Taylor Hall built in Ithica, New York.


1951


West Virginia University School of Music Building built in Morgantown, West Virginia.


1951


Tennessee State School for the Blind building in Donelson, Tennessee.




Event Last

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Name Source



125.

1951 3 Not given Journeymen Stone Cutters strike,

asking for ten-percent increase. Bloomington Daily Herald-Telephone ~3 16, 1951

1951 3 29

Quarry Accident Harper Kenneth Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1953


New wing for the Young Women's Christian Association built in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


1953


Blount County Courthouse built in Oneonta, Alabama.


1953


Manufacturers National Bank built in Lewiston, Maine.


1953 7 30

Quarry Accident Hancock Joseph Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1954


Three Penn Center Plaza built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.




Event Last

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126.

1954


State office building built in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.


1954


State office building built in Springfield, Illinois.


1954


Whittenburg College Chapel and Library built in Springfield, Illinois.


1955 10 25 Empire Stone Co Quarry Accident Wisely Wayne Coroner's Inquest + Bl Her/Daily Her Tele 10-26-1955 p 1 c 2

1955


St. Andrew's School built in Middletown, Delaware.


1955 12 19

Quarry Accident Fields Ray Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1955 10 25

Quarry Accident Wisely Wayne Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.



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127.

1955

Post-World War II production peak is 8,200,000 cubic feet.


1956


Princeton University Robert E. Speer Library built in Princeton, New Jersey.


1957


American Mutual Liability Insurance Company Home Office built in Wakefield, Massachusetts.


1957


Wesley Memorial Hospital built in Chicago, Illinois.


1957


First Lutheran Church Chapel and Sunday School built in Nashville, Tennessee.


1957


Western Electric Company, Washington Distributing House built in Arlington, Virginia.




Event Last

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Name Source



128.

1957 3 6

Quarry Accident Oliver Herman Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1958


Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in Baltimore, Maryland.


1958


Addition to the Indiana Memorial Union built in Bloomington, Indiana.


1958 1 11

Quarry Accident Mullis Robert Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1959 11 5

Quarry Accident Gildon Ralph Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1960 7 30

All Monroe County companies except Indiana Limestone Co

Stonecutters, planer men and carvers of Journeyman's Stonecutters Association of Monroe County agree to two-year contract.

Bloomington Daily Herald-Telephone 7-30-1960

1960 11 28

Quarry Accident Halstead Leroy Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe



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129.

County Historical Society, 2001.

1960 Through 1975: Indiana limestone

industry cut stone shipments fall by sixty percent.



Kenneth Cline dies. Cline Kenneth

1962



Axsom Cletus

1962



Barger Dale

1962



Barger William

1962



Barger Vestal



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130.

1962



Barrett Fred

1962



Barrett Howard

1962



Baugh John

1962



Carter Roger

1962



Carter Robert

1962



Crane John



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131.

1962



Easton Frank

1962



Ellett Quentin

1962



Fulford Russell

1962



Gorman Hugh

1962



Grimes Allen

1962



Hayes Millard



Event Last

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132.

1962



Howard Myron

1962



Hughes Paul

1962



Kell Lance

1962



Kendall Jack

1962



Knapp Paul

1962



Lanam Theodore



Event Last

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Name Source



133.

1962



May Charles

1962



May Clinton

1962



McCrady William

1962



Mitchell Harold

1962



Mobley Kenneth

1962



Polley Jerry



Event Last

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Name Source



134.

1962



Polley Noble

1962



Prather Wallace

1962



Roberts Paul

1962



Roberts Joseph

1962



Robertson William

1962



Robertson David



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Name Source



135.

1962



Sater Schuyler

1962



Stephens Russell

1962



Stogsdill Delbert

1962



Swafford Leslie

1962



Sylvester Dwight

1962



Taylor Paul



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136.

1962



Wampler Walter

1962



Wampler Phillip

1962



Wampler Deffern

1962



Wisley Rosemary

1962



Young Chester

1965

Six-week strike. Bloomington-Bedford Sunday Herald-Times ?Jan 1967?



Event Last

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137.

1965 6 15

Quarry Accident Bridgewater Ralph Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1965 5 7

Quarry Accident Godsey Utah Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1965 10 22

Quarry Accident Riddle Lawrence Rice, Claude F., and Marilyn McCoy. Monroe County, Indiana, Coroner’s Inquest: 1888-1973. Bloomington, IN: Monroe County Historical Society, 2001.

1965

Economic Development Administration (EDA) provides grant funds to the Indiana limestone industry for researching new construction techniques using stone and to increase sales efforts. The grant expired after sixteen months having produced little improvement in sales figures.


1966 6

Two-day strike of nineteen blacksmiths concluded with $.50 per hour pay raise. Fifteen hundred other crafts in sympathy strike.

Bloomington Herald-Telephone 8-10-1966 plus several other articles from multiple papers spanning June 17 - Aug 10

1968 8 18 Indiana Limestone

Oolitic Quarry Workers Local of Laborers International Union held

Bloomington Herald-Telephone 8-17-1968; Tribune & Star-Courier 8-18-1968



Event Last

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138.

Company brief wildcat strike over installation of new wire sawing units which might cause job losses.

1968 5

Stonecutters Associations of Bloomington & Bedford try to opt out of joining Laborers International Union. Hearing with NLRB, elections; appeals over several months.

Bloomington Herald-Times and other papers beginning 5-21-1968

1970 7 1

Industry-wide strike of all Monroe and Lawrence County companies by 1,500 in nearly all trades. Settled after three weeks. Ended on January 21th.

Bloomington Herald-Telephone 7-1-1970 and other papers to 7-21-1970

1970 12 3

Quarry Accident Payton Deanna The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

1971 12 24

Reed Quarries, Inc.

George Reed Sr. dies. He was president of Reed Quarries, Inc. and chairman of the board for Midwest Quarries, Inc.

Reed George Bloomington Herald Telephone, obituary, December 24, 1971

1973 7 11

Industry-wide strike of all Monroe & Lawrence County companies by 1,250 in nearly all trades. Settled after about four weeks. Ended on

Bloomington Courier-Tribune 7-11-1973 and other papers to 7-31-1973



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139.

January 31st.

1976 6

Victor-Oolitic Strike began in June. Most locals settled after a few weeks while Victor-Oolitic workers struck until late October.

Indianapolis Star 10-22-1976

1978

Woolery Stone Company

Motion picture "Breaking Away" is filmed in Bloomington, Indiana. Interior shots include the Woolery Stone Company mill.

1979 7 2

Strike began on July 2nd involving seven companies and eight unions. Settled by all but one union on July 18th when work resumed.

Bloomington Herald-Telephone 6-2-1979 and other papers to 7-18-1979

1980

Empire Stone Company

Empire Stone Company archives donated to the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana by the Chumleys.


Inducted into the Monroe County, Indiana Hall of Fame.

Hoadley John

1982

Minimum production since World War II is 1,500,000 cubic feet.




Event Last

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140.

1983

Through 1988: Post-1981/82 recession resurgence.


1989 8

Indiana Limestone Company

Quarry Accident: drowning after car skidded off an icy road with no railing into a limestone filled with water.

Staggs Shelley The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

1989 6 3 Howard Pietzuch, professional

photographer of Spencer, Indiana, dies. No descendants.

Pietzuch Howard The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989; 6 3, 1989

1994 7 14

Quarry Accident Smith Jeremy The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

2001

Stinesville and Bloomington Stone Company

One of the first stone operators in the county, opening the Big Creek Quarry in 1860 and operating it until he developed the Stinesville and Bloomington Stone Co. in 1886; rebuilt the Stinesville Mercantile and Odd Fellows Hall in 1894 when Stinesville's Main Street burned down.

Williams James


Inducted into the Monroe County, Indiana Hall of Fame. One of the founding brothers of the Matthews

Matthews Fred



Event Last

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Name Source



141.

Company Brothers Stone Company, currently operating in Ellettsville, former president of the Matthews Stone Company and Empire Stone Company, founder of Citizen’s Loan & Trust Company, served on school board and hospital board.

2005 5 13


George "Buddy" Reed II, president of Bloomington Limestone Corporation and chairman of the Professional Golf Car Corporation dies in Naples, Florida at the age of 82.

Reed George Bloomington Herald Times, obituary, May 15, 2005

1880s


Group picture of Matthews Brothers quarry and mill workers. 1884-1889.

Allen Sam The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s


Group picture of Matthews Brothers quarry and mill workers, 1884-1889.

Anderson Walt The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s Matthews Brothers Stone


Andrews Henry The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



Event Last

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142.

Company

1880s



Scully Barney

1880s



Billy King Billy

1880s



Chambers Garrett The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Constable W. The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Cornman Fred



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143.

1880s



Cornman (or W. Matson?)

Fred (or Will M?) The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Cowden Rex The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Dobson Frank The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Edwards Jeff The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Edwards Jeff

1880s



Ellett Gorman The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



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Name Source



144.

1880s



Ellett Jim The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Ellett Gorman

1880s



Ellett Jim

1880s



Hendricks Bob The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Jamison Mr. The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Jamison Mr.



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



145.

1880s



Jordan Jim The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Kelly Ed The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Kelly Harry The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Kelly Ed "Paddy"

1880s



Kelly Harry

1880s



King Billy The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



146.

1880s



Laymon Pearl The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Martin Hugh The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Matson George

1880s



Matson Jim The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Matson Raymond The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Matson George The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



147.

1880s



Matson Mart The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Matson Jim The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Matson Jim

1880s



Matson Will

1880s



Matthews Fred

1880s



Matthews W. The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



Event Last

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Name Source



148.

1880s



Matthews Fred The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s


"Father of the Indiana Limestone Industry is pictured with his crew of workers in his quarry."

Matthews John The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s


Pictured with father and other mill workers, before 1883.

Matthews Peter The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Matthews W.N.

1880s



May Charley The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Miller Charley The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



149.

1880s



Miller Carl The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Moore Scott The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Moore Scott

1880s



Parks Ed The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Phipps J.K.

1880s



Phipps J. The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



Event Last

Name First

Name Source



150.

1880s



Price Roy The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Ridge Tom The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Ridge Tom

1880s



Sam Allen Sam

1880s



Scully Barney The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Stanger Gilbert The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962



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Name First

Name Source



151.

1880s



Stuart Charley The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Wampler Emmett The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Wampler Grammy The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1880s



Wickens Ed The Ellettsville Journal. Ellettsville, Ind.: Cooperative Pub. Co, 1939.; Section II, Mathews Brothers Centennial Edition, Wednesday, 12 26, 1962

1970 12 3

Quarry Accident George Billy The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

1970 12 3

Quarry Accident: injured leg. Payton Diana The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

1993 6 14

Quarry Accident Martin Bobby The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.



Event Last

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152.

1995 9 3

Quarry Accident Gibson Donna The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

1995 8 28 Quarry Accident: Brownsburg

male. Graves John The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

1995 9 4

Quarry Accident Langdon Jeremy The Herald-Times. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Times, Inc, 1989.

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