Autumn marks the end of Pennsylvania's growing season, but it does not mean that a farmer's work is done. For more than two centuries, one of the most important autumn chores for Monroe County farmers ...

SANTA CRUZ — During the second half of the 19th century up until the early 1900s, lime production from limestone was one of Santa Cruz”s most important industries and was critical to the early ...

VERNON -- Traveling through the McAfee Valley in Vernon Township, massive limestone peaks may be observed towering in the distance. These limestone cliffs serve as a reminder of early days when ...

Ken Miller, Millersville University professor of biology emeritus, will present an illustrated talk about lime kilns and the lime "burning"process, as well as a brief history of the process, during ...

The Royer Limestone Kiln was dedicated on Saturday. "One of the original structures on the Royer Farmstead, the kiln had fallen into disrepair and was in danger of being lost due to erosion and ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Thanks to the limestone bluffs and hills that surrounded Red Wing, the town became a Minnesota lime-making and stone ...

BERMUDA is a house of sand. Standing some 16,000 feet, or three miles, off the seabed in the area of the North Atlantic known as the Bermuda Rise, the island is nothing more than a large sand dune ...