THE STRONGEST BUILT BRICK OUTHOUSE IN ALL OF THE NATION ! Found at Blue Mounds State Park in the Deep South West of Minnesota lies a structure that is on the National Registry of Historic Places. Alas, it is made of stone not brick. The stone is called Sioux Quartzite or Morton Gneiss and measures …
My interest in all things stone came about at an early age. I marveled at the workmanship of arrowheads that I had found in the outlying fields and later in life I was in need of a fireplace that included a brick surround. It was one on my first masonry projects and it turned out …
From an early age I read with clarity the Boys Life Magazine. There in was advertised the “Ithaca Saddle Rifle. It was the object of my absolute interest. It had a very western look, it had a lever action, it had the “Rifleman” look to it. Alas, my father knew a bit about rifles and …