Quarries & Quarry Links, Photographs
and Articles
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- Olive,
Kansas – Stone
Quarry of George W. Yount. Excerpt from Cowley County Courant,
Winfield, Kansas, March 16, 1882, presented by "G. W. Yount, of Olive,
has bought a derrick and other tools necessary for his stone quarry, and
as soon as the weather is favorable, will go to work on his contract,
furnishing rock for the United States Custom House at Topeka." There is
another article on Mr. Young in William G. Cutler's
History of the State of Kansas, Cowley County, Part 8, presented on
the Kansas Collection Books web site.
“He also has an extensive quarry of magnesian limestone, of which the Topeka Post Office is built. His barn is an excellent edifice, it being built of the same stone.”
- Osage County, Kansas – Osage County Limestone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Osage County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. “Building Stone, etc. -- Limestone is found on almost every section....”
- Osage County, Kansas – Osage County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Osage County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Osborne County, Kansas – Osborne County Limestone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Pottawatomie County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. "Building Stone, etc.- Good limestone abounds throughout the county."
- Osborne County, Kansas - Osborne County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Osborne County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Osborne, Osborne County, Kansas – the Rothenberger
Construction Company.
(The following quotation and photographs were contributed by and
are used with the permission of Von Rothenberger, great grandson
of Franklin A. Rothenberger.)
“(I) Would like to clear up a longstanding error – ‘F. K.’ Rothenberger (in the entry below) is incorrect. It should be ‘F. A.’ Rothenberger, for Franklin Antone Rothenberger, my great-grandfather. He bid $5,000 to do the rock for the church; his five sons, from my grandfather Franklin LaVerne ‘Vern’ Rothenberger at age 21 down to Paul Rothenberger at age 11, served as his assistants. The Rothenberger Construction Company started in business in Osborne KS in 1884, and this church was the first building that Great-Grandfather had ever built dealing with arches. They quarried the stone near Waldo all winter and then spent the rest of the year at its construction in Damar (Kansas).
“The construction company passed on to his son Franklin LaVerne Rothenberger, and then to his son David ‘Pete’ Rothenberger. My father Waldon Rothenberger worked for Uncle Pete for many years. The company ended when Pete died in 1979. By then the estimate was that the company had finished around 15,000 stone and brick jobs, including sidewalks, curbs, foundations, homes, buildings, and everything in between. But the family’s crowning achievement has always been St. Joseph’s Church.
“Von Rothenberger”
First level of church completed
Initial construction of church
Towers of church almost
completed- On the Blue
Skyways web site for St. Joseph’s Church, the following
information is provided about the history and building of St. Joseph’s
church. The church was built in the Romanesque style and was completed
in stages from 1913 to 1952. The architect was Mr. Brinkman of Emporia,
Kansas; F. K.* Rothenberger was the stone mason for the building;
and the carpenter was Cidney Browne. A quarry at Waldo in Russell
County provided the limestone, and the parishioners donated their
labor to construct the church building.
(* “F. K. Rothenberger” should be “F. A. Rothenberger,” according to his great-grandson. See the entry above the Blue Skyways web site for the complete information.)
- St. Joseph’s Church (photograph and history)
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The church was constructed of Fencepost Limestone. Photograph by Grace Muilenburg, KGS, March 1962. The source of this material is the Kansas Geological Survey web site at <http://www.kgs.ku.edu/>. All Rights Reserved. Click here to view another photograph of St. Joseph’s Church.
- On the Blue
Skyways web site for St. Joseph’s Church, the following
information is provided about the history and building of St. Joseph’s
church. The church was built in the Romanesque style and was completed
in stages from 1913 to 1952. The architect was Mr. Brinkman of Emporia,
Kansas; F. K.* Rothenberger was the stone mason for the building;
and the carpenter was Cidney Browne. A quarry at Waldo in Russell
County provided the limestone, and the parishioners donated their
labor to construct the church building.
- Ottawa County, Kansas – Ottawa County Sandstone and Limestone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Ottawa County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. "Building Stone, etc. - There is an abundance of sandstone and some limestone, neither of first rate quality...."
- Ottawa County, Kansas - Ottawa County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Ottawa County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Ottawa (near), Franklin County, Kansas – Bert Ross Quarry, near Ottawa (photograph)
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Photograph courtesy of Grace Muilenburg. The source of this material is the Kansas Geological Survey web site at <http://www.kgs.ku.edu/kgs.html>. All Rights Reserved. (You can either view the photograph(s) on this web site or you can click on the caption name(s) to view them on the Kansas Geological Survey web site.) The following photograph is from the Kansas Geological Survey Photo Display System.
- Ottawa (southeast of), Franklin County, Kansas – Concrete Materials Quarry, SE of Ottawa (photograph).
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Photograph courtesy of Grace Muilenburg. The source of this material is the Kansas Geological Survey web site at <http://www.kgs.ku.edu/kgs.html>. All Rights Reserved. (You can either view the photograph(s) on this web site or you can click on the caption name(s) to view them on the Kansas Geological Survey web site.) The following photograph is from the Kansas Geological Survey Photo Display System.
- Pawnee County, Kansas – Pawnee County Sandstone and Limestone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Pawnee County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. "Building Stone, etc. - Sandstone is found in abundance on Pawnee fork; has been tested, and reported of good quality. Limestone is reported in several localities."
- Pawnee County, Kansas - Pawnee County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Pawnee County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Pawnee Rock Historic Site, Kansas –
Stone Quarry (photograph and history) The pioneers needed building
material and there was no wood in the vicinity. They quarried stone from
the outcropping known as Pawnee Rock. About fifty feet of the rock was
quarried off the top of the outcropping. (The link from which the above
information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.linktokansas.com/html/t_ldetail.cfm?i=3086> - Phillips County, Kansas – Phillips County Limestone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Phillips County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. "Building Stone, etc - Good limestone is found in almost all parts of the county, suitable for building purposes and for the manufacture of lime...."
- Phillips County, Kansas - Phillips County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Phillips County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Pottawatomie County, Kansas – Pottawatomie County Limestone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Pottawatomie County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. "Building Stone, etc. - Limestone abundant everywhere, except in the Kansas Valley."
- Pottawatomie County, Kansas - Pottawatomie County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Pottawatomie County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Pottawatomie County, Kansas – Bayer Co.
(photographs) Photographs courtesy of Grace Muilenburg. The source of
this material is the Kansas Geological Survey web site at <http://www.kgs.ku.edu/kgs.html>. All Rights Reserved. (You
can either view the photograph(s) on this web site or you can click on
the caption name(s) to view them on the Kansas Geological Survey web site.)
The following photographs are from the Kansas Geological
Survey Photo Display System.
Photograph captions:
- Pratt County, Kansas - Pratt County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Pratt County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Rawlins County, Kansas - Rawlins County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Rawlins County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Reno County, Kansas – Reno County Limestone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Reno County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. "Building Stone, etc. - Good limestone in the central and northern parts of the county; also an abundance through the centre of the county from east to west...."
- Reno County, Kansas - Reno County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Reno County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
- Republic County, Kansas – Republic County Limestone and Sandstone. From the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, First Biennial Report, Republic County, 1878, presented by Tom and Carolyn Ward on their KSGenWeb Project web site. "Building Stone, etc. - A great abundance of superior limestone in all the townships, and red sandstone in some localities. The limestone is largely used for building purposes, and lime is manufactured in sufficient quantities almost to supply the local demand...."
- Republic County, Kansas - Republic County Industrial Mineral Producers (Active & Abandoned Quarries), Bibliography, Photos, Geologic Map, Bulletin: “Geology, Mineral Resources, and Ground-water Resources of Republic County, Kansas,” & Other Resources. This information is presented by the Kansas Geological Survey. (Scroll down to the “Industrial Mineral Producers” section.)
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