Quarry, Iowa

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Quarry, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°01′5″N92°48′22″W / 42.01806°N 92.80611°W / 42.01806; -92.80611
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
County Marshall
Established1868
Elevation
892 ft (272 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
50158
Area code 641

Quarry is a rural unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa, United States.

History

The town of Quarry [1] was established in 1868 by George F. Kirby and Isaac B. Howe, the owners of the Le Grand Quarry Company, located a mile or so NW of the town of LeGrand. [2] The Chicago & NorthWestern Railway had recently passed through connecting Marshalltown with Chicago in 1863. Howe was the Supt. of the Iowa Division of that railroad, and Kirby was his assistant in 1866 when they first began organizing their quarry company. First they needed a rail station for shipping their product, which was conveniently accomplished considering their positions with the railroad. Since Railroad stations brought immediate prosperity to an area, by 1868 the firm of Kirby&Howe had a village laid out with housing for their workers. There were a hotel, markets, a post office and a saloon and a school the following year. During its heyday, between 60 and 150 laborers worked in the Quarry quarries. [3] The post office remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909. [4]

While the primary product of the new town was the excellent quality marble of the quarries, they also produced limestone blocks for construction of many notable buildings, a great quantity of ballasting for the railroad. [5] Later the quarries became famous in paleontology when it was discovered that the LeGrand stone contained a significant amount of fossilized crinoids. [6]

Quarry's population in 1940 was 144. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 116.
  2. ↑ The History of Marshall County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Western Historical Co. 1878. pp.  541.
  3. ↑ The History of Marshall County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Western Historical Co. 1878. pp.  448.
  4. ↑ "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ Battin, William; Moscrip, Frank A. (1912). Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa. Brookhaven Press. p. 176. ISBN   978-1-58103-897-2.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  6. ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/fossil-crinoids/lower-mississippian-hampton-formation-at-legrand-iowa-usa/78671C27EC9D7C3CBCF63F43EE898B40
  7. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 310.

42°01′05″N92°48′22″W / 42.01806°N 92.80611°W / 42.01806; -92.80611


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