Cycles of deposition and erosion winnowed this precious carbonate bed to a 35-mile stretch of prime quarry between what are now Bloomington and Bedford. A chunk mined by Indiana Limestone Company ...

The DePauw Nature Park was the site of an active limestone quarry from 1917 to 1977 ... and 1946 portions of the property were sold to the Ohio and Indiana Stone Corporation and the Miami Stone ...

It also happens to be Indiana's first state park, opening in 1916. Located only a 20-minute drive from Bloomington or just ... cuts through a picturesque limestone canyon. Luckily, hiking to ...