1935 Map of Oolitic

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The limestone industry of southern Indiana is on clear display in this mid-1930s landscape, centered on the quarrying town of Oolitic. Heavy industrial activity is clustered near Dark Hollow Quarry and the Reed Kurrie Quarry, where the Louisville and Nashville and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads provided the vital transit links for stone and labor. Beyond the industrial corridors, the terrain transitions into a dense network of rural communities and family landmarks such as Freeman Cem and the Bridge Ch. The White River carves dramatic loops through the southern portion of the map, including Henshaw Bend and Horseshoe Bend, while local infrastructure is marked by crossings like Stumphole Bridge. This survey reflects an era when small-scale agriculture, evidenced by the Experiment Farm and numerous one-room schoolhouses like Sulphur Sch, still shared the landscape with a growing mineral economy.