When you get far enough west on the Great Plains there isn't enough rainfall to support tree growth. No trees means wood is scarce. Early settlers would have to find alternative building materials. In north-central Kansas the Greenhorn Limestone formation is close to the surface and in many places there are outcroppings. Aside from being evidence that Kansas was under the ocean 220 million years ago, limestone is a relatively easy rock to work with. It splits along straight lines in all three dimensions. Settlers built barns, houses, the Midland Hotel in Wilson (above), and many other buildings out of limestone. They also used the limestone as posts to string barbed wire. Hence the name "post rock". LaCrosse, Kansas didn't make the cut this visit. But next time I'm in the neighborhood I'll be sure to stop in to see both the Post Rock Museum and the Barbed Wire Museum.
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Posted by: Verity | 14 January 2009 at 11:22 PM