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The first settlers came to Thornton, Illinois, in 1834. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard received 160 acres of land from Watseka, his Potawatomi wife. In 1836 Hubbard opened the first quarry on Kinzie Street. The site was abandoned because the stone was too deep and of poor quality. Fred Gardner opened a quarry in 1846, and Stephen Crary opened one ...
"Several tribes have used rock from the quarry to create ceremonial pipes. Historically, various tribes would travel long distances to acquire the special red-colored stone found in the quarry.[2] A widespread legend among the tribes is that the stone gets its color from the flesh and blood of their ancestors."
Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry , one of the largest quarries in the world.
STERLING, Mass. (AP) — Firefighters and other rescue agencies responded to the scene of an excavator buried under rocks and boulders at a quarry site in Massachusetts on Thursday, according to ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Ozark Southern Stone quarry; P. Permanente Quarry; ... Tenino Stone Company Quarry; Thomas Marble Quarry Houses; Thornton ...
Thornton Quarry with I-80/I-294/Tri-State Tollway above. After the interchange with I-39, I-80 leaves LaSalle, heading toward the east and passing through rural farmland. Between 12th road and 14th Road the Interstate passes the AASHO Road Test site, one of old test loops used for testing different types of road surfaces in the 1950s.
The Thornton Village Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.Situated in the crossroads at the intersection of Glen Mills and Thornton Roads in the village of Thornton, this district includes thirteen contributing buildings that were built between 1750 and 1855, some of which were created in the Federal style.
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