Arkansas Marble Quarry

Back in the 1830 s when the government was wondering where it was going to get the money to buy the materials to complete the monument somebody had the bright idea of soliciting donations of building stones from the states and from other sources.

Arkansas marble quarry.

Jacksonville ar 72076 dam quarry campground coe norfork lake 170 picnic dr mountain home ar 72653 quarry marina 209 quarry park pt mountain home ar 72653 vulcan materials co 125 rock rd judsonia ar 72081 legal. They are also the qualities that have enabled us to grow from a small local crushed stone quarry to a. Our friends at the marble quarry in carroll county have for some time been preparing a block of arkansas marble for that purpose a van buren crawford county newspaper reported. While there is arkansas marble in the washington monument the monument is not made entirely of arkansas marble.

Marble falls known as marble city from 1840 1883 willcockson from 1883 1934 and dogpatch from 1966 1997 is an unincorporated community in newton county arkansas united states it lies along arkansas s national scenic 7 byway between harrison and jasper the marble falls post office is located in the parking lot of the now defunct theme park called dogpatch usa. Since our first stone was mined nearly fifty years ago granite mountain quarries has been built on quality service safety community and family. In august 1849 a newspaper item disputed the claim that only new hampshire had readied a block of marble for the monument. The largest producer of polished and cut marble products in arkansas is oran mcbride stone company of batesville in independence county.

Oran mcbride stone company 2340 o neal rd. 1856 the following excerpt is from the 1856 the marble workers handbook. The company produces both polished and other finished interior and exterior products from several quarry operations depending upon what is popular in the marketplace. Batesville ar 72501 phone.

Powell director department of the interior united states geological. Arkansas is well supplied with marble limestone 1882 the arkansas stone and building industry in 1882 transcription excerpts from mineral resources of the united states calendar year 1882 j. The arkansas stone industry. Washington monument marble quarry.

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