About 400 million years ago in this region, layers of sediment, accumulated in ocean waters, were
subjected to intense pressure and heat during tectonic and mountain building action causing a
metamorphism of minerals collectively known as . . . — — Map (db m229704) HM
One of the first Methodist churches erected in Vermont, the Old Stone Church was built ca. 1822 with limestone from Whitehall, NY, and marble quarried in Tinmouth, VT. The church, set high atop Stone Church Hill, created a town center and prompted . . . — — Map (db m233726) HM
Slate was first discovered in 1839 and later worked by Col. Alonson Allen at the Scotch Hill Quarry near Fair Haven in 1848. The Hooker brothers opened the Poultney Eureka Quarry in 1851. At the peak in the 1890's there were more than 80 quarries . . . — — Map (db m229714) HM
