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1857 Quarter Stone

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j-penry
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The weather is in the 50's here today in southeast Nebraska, so dug up this beauty from June 1857.?ÿ Notes state 15"x13"x7".?ÿ I came up with 17"x16"x8".?ÿ Unusually small "1/4" markings at the very top.?ÿ Stone was found upside down.?ÿ?ÿ Many years ago when the roads were first being built, the road grader crews were instructed to dig a hole deeper and place the stone below the surface.?ÿ I don't think they understood that the stones were marked, so sometimes I find them upside down or on the side.?ÿ ?ÿThis is my so many original stones still exist here.?ÿ

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Posted : December 19, 2017 2:42 pm
scotland
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You are lucky.?ÿ Most of the stones here were in place until the car hit them then tossed to the side of the road to be never found again.

 
Posted : December 19, 2017 8:12 pm