Subj: Sites of Whetsstone Gravestones Wanted Date: 6/3/00 11:21:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time I have included the original posts from the INPCRP list and am sending this out to lists that I belong to and/or for special mailings I make. The following URL/ link goes to the clickable site mentioned in the post below. I do hope that this survey can be helped. Print this out and save it so that when you do see such a stone you can contact the people that desire to track down where this stone has been sent and used. THANK YOU VERY MUCH Beej in AZ <A HREF="http://adamite.igs.indiana.edu/indsurv/research/index.htm">Indiana Geological Survey</A> http://adamite.igs.indiana.edu/indsurv/research/index.htm >>>Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 21:14:17 -0400 From: "Lois Mauk" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [INPCRP] Fw: Whetstone Gravestones ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Clevenger <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 12:16 PM Subject: Whetstone Gravestones > The Indiana Geological Survey wants to know the locations of grave > markers made from Indiana whetstone. They are easy to recognize. Even > though they were made 150-170 years ago, they are still very easy to > read. I found one the other day in the Weeping Willow Cemetery in > Beanblossom in Brown County. Where else in Brown County were they used? > And where else in the area? The stone was shipped around the mid-west > and even down to Louisiana. For more information see the Survey's web > page: > > http://adamite.igs.indiana.edu/indsurv/research/index.htm > > When you get there click on "whetstone gravestone". No one knows how far > the stone was shipped from southern Indiana. > Thanks for your help and spread the word. > Sarah Clevenger<<<