National Road over Deer Creek Historic District

One of the marked features of the township is an excellent stone quarry one-half mile west of Putnamville. on the National road. The ledges of rock in this quarry vary from two inches to five feet in thickness. The following analysis of this stone is given by Professor Cox. state geologist : "Lime, twenty per cent; sand, twenty per cent: gray granite, sixty per cent: almost, if not exactly, like what is called 'English firestone.' He also says, "Granite will last three hundred years, but this stone will last as long as time. lM)r foundation stone, there is probably none superior in America. It is not affected by any change of temperature, and can be f(uarried in winter just as well as summer."

Passage source: Weik's History of Putnam County, Indiana, published 1910.

Putnamville is the only postoffice town in the township. Westland, which was laid out soon after Putnamville. had one store for a short time, but now has no inisiness house of any kind. A few houses in close proximity on either side of the National road are the only indications left to remind the passer-by of its former existence.

Passage source: Weik's History of Putnam County, Indiana, published 1910.

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