Just an FYI for anyone interested. -----Original Message----- From: Ray Boomhower [mailto:RBoomhower@indianahistory.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:28 AM To: H-INDIANA@H-NET.MSU.EDU Subject: Traces on the Road program in Bloomington April 27 From: Ray Boomhower <rboomhower@indianahistory.org> Sent: Wed, 3 April 02 Subject: Traces on the Road program in Bloomington April 27 The Indiana Historical Society's traveling lecture series "Traces on the Road" will come to the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington on April 27 at 11 a.m. Geologists Eric Kvale and Richard Powell will present a talk about Hindostan Whetstone gravestones. The production and manufacturing of whetstone gravestones during the first half of the 19th century constituted one of the state's earliest industries and the use of whetstone marked a vast improvement over fieldstone and wood markers. Whetstone gravestones were quarried from Orange County between the 1820s and the 1860s. Eric Kvale is a research geologist with the Indiana Geological Survey and an associate professor with the Indiana University Department of Geological Sciences. Richard Powell is a research affiliate with IGS, where his specialties include caves, coal, environmental geology, aerial photo interpretation and early land surveys. "Traces on the Road" is a quarterly lecture series in which authors present their stories from the pages of the Society's popular history magazine, _Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History_. Kvale and Powell's article "A Monumental Business: The Story of Hindostan Whetstone Gravestones," appeared in the winter 2002 issue of _Traces_. Programs in the lecture series are scheduled around the state with changing authors. _Traces_ managing editor Ray Boomhower serves as moderator for the programs. For more information, contact Boomhower at (317) 232-1877, or rboomhower@indianahistory.org.