Determining Provenance of Local and Imported Chert Millstones Using Fossils (Especially Charophyta, Fusulinina, and Brachiopoda): Examples From Ohio, U.S.A

Hannibal, Joseph T.; Reser, Nicholas A.; Yeakley, Julia A.; Kalka, Theresa A.; Fusco, Veronica

doi:10.2110/palo.2013.110

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“…One of the most promising avenues of future research is geological studies. Geologist Joe Hannibal (Hannibal et al 2013) at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is conducting innovative new research on millstones. After selecting a sample of several chert millstones from Ohio and a sample of French burr millstones, Hannibal et al (2013, 741) used hand lenses and binocular field microscopes to identify fossils in each stone.…”

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American millstones similar to the French burr: 19th century attempts to find substitutes

Hockensmith¹

2019

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During the early to mid 19th century, attempts were made in the United States to locate local sources of stone that were comparable in texture or appearance to that of the well known French burr millstone. These searches were primarily motivated by economic reasons. The early literature mentions local stone sources in several states that was described as similar in appearance or quality to the French burr. This paper compiles information on local millstones comparable to the French burr in the states of Alabama,

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American millstones similar to the French burr: 19th century attempts to find substitutes

Hockensmith¹

2019

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Crossroads of geology in New Harmony, with a guide to historically significant Mississippian and Pennsylvanian exposures in south central and southwestern Indiana

Elliott¹

2018

Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice: Geologic Crossroads in America’s Heartland

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The historic town of New Harmony is located along the Wabash River in Posey County, Indiana, and served as a focal point for natural scientists, especially geologists, in the early nineteenth century. Notable geologists that lived and worked in New Harmony during this time include Edward Travers Cox, William Maclure, Fielding Bradford Meek, Joseph Granville Norwood, David Dale Owen, Richard Dale Owen, Benjamin Franklin Shumard, Gerard Troost, and Amos Henry Worthen. Other natural scientists who worked in New Harmony include Charles Alexandre Lesueur and Thomas Say, and the town was also visited by James Hall, Leo Lesquereux, Sir Charles Lyell, and Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied. The purpose of this field-trip guide is to highlight the scientific and geologic enterprise that operated in nineteenth-century New Harmony, Indiana. There will be a tour of historic buildings including laboratories used by David Dale Owen, such as the Rapp-Owen Granary and his fourth laboratory, which was constructed in 1859. Furthermore, field-trip participants will visit a new geology exhibit at the Working Men’s Institute, an organization established by William Maclure in 1838. The field excursion will also visit historically significant localities, including Mississippian and Pennsylvanian exposures, the type section of the West Franklin Limestone, and a Pennsylvanian paleobotanical site that yielded extensive collections of plant fossils in the mid-nineteenth century. Finally, this field trip will provide an opportunity to discuss the importance of art to geological studies in the early nineteenth century. Specifically, hand-colored geologic maps, cross sections, and renderings of fossils were included with many of the scientific reports of historic New Harmony, and are reflected by the superb artwork of Charles Alexandre Lesueur, David Dale Owen, and Thomas Say. Access to view their original scientific artwork is possible only through special arrangement with the Working Men’s Institute.

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Guide to the cultural geology of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

Hannibal,

Petras,

Holstein

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Field Excursions to the Appalachian Plateaus and the Valley and Ridge for GSA Connects 2023

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The city of Youngstown, the county seat of Mahoning County, is situated along the Mahoning River in northeastern Ohio, USA. Its early industrial growth was due to the ready availability of iron ore, limestone, abundant forests, and coal, all used for production of iron and then steel during the last two centuries. Local Massillon sandstone and Vanport limestone from Ohio and western Pennsylvania were used to construct mansions and other structures in the nineteenth century. By the early 1900s, other stones including Berea sandstone from Ohio, and sedimentary, metamorphic, and intrusive igneous stones quarried at other sites in North America and Europe, were being utilized as dimension stone in Youngstown. This guide briefly reviews the geological and cultural setting of Youngstown, and describes the building, decorative, and monumental stones used for a variety of structures in downtown Youngstown, with emphasis on stone used for the exterior and interior of major structures. Sites include the Butler Institute of American Art, which is clad with marble and incorporates an assortment of other stone inside and outside of the complex, and St. Columba Cathedral, whose limestone is known commercially as Mankato (Kasota) stone and is full of fossil burrows, as well as a sampling of stones used in beautiful Oak Hill Cemetery.

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Determining Provenance of Local and Imported Chert Millstones Using Fossils (Especially Charophyta, Fusulinina, and Brachiopoda): Examples From Ohio, U.S.A

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

American millstones similar to the French burr: 19th century attempts to find substitutes

American millstones similar to the French burr: 19th century attempts to find substitutes

Crossroads of geology in New Harmony, with a guide to historically significant Mississippian and Pennsylvanian exposures in south central and southwestern Indiana

Guide to the cultural geology of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

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