. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. W^^^^^^^ Ar ^^^^^:^^^dyn ^^2^.. /i,f>r^ ^^//r/5-C n/- ^ ^ . ? ,/^ ^^^. 7 PART II. HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY, CHAPTER I.* Geology —Boundary —Surface Features —Paleozoic Geology-Section OF THE County—The Coals-Local Fossils—TownshipCharacteristics—Valuable Stone Strata—Economic Consid-erations. PIKE COUNTY is bounded iiortli by Knox and Daviess Coun-ties, east by Dubois, soutli by Warrick and Gibson and westby Gibson, and contains 338 square miles. White and PatokaRivers with their numerous small branches di-ain tlie entire Grolugi
. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. W^^^^^^^ Ar ^^^^^:^^^dyn ^^2^.. /i,f>r^ ^^//r/5-C n/- ^ ^ . ? ,/^ ^^^. 7 PART II. HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY, CHAPTER I.* Geology —Boundary —Surface Features —Paleozoic Geology-Section OF THE County—The Coals-Local Fossils—TownshipCharacteristics—Valuable Stone Strata—Economic Consid-erations. PIKE COUNTY is bounded iiortli by Knox and Daviess Coun-ties, east by Dubois, soutli by Warrick and Gibson and westby Gibson, and contains 338 square miles. White and PatokaRivers with their numerous small branches di-ain tlie entire Grolugi/.—Only a few evidences of the glacial periodap])ear in this county, and such as there are come mainly fromupj)er localities, having been washed here. The loess loam isfound on the high hills near Pikesville, and appears as an ash-gray impalpable sand, washed (^f its fertile elements. Here itwas deposited when the ancient river which traversed this countywas at high water mark. South Patoka Valley has been cut down120 t(> 100 feet from its height in anci
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