Some residents of Hamblen County opposed a proposed limestone quarry, fearing water contamination and property devaluation.

Excavation has stopped, and machinery has been removed from the 127-acre site, south of Hamburg Turnpike and west of ...

Rockport State Recreation Area is known to have exposed fossils from the Devonian period – more than 400 million years ago.

The park has a “fascinating past” as a limestone quarry and stretches along the Lake Huron shoreline in Alpena and Presque ...

A public hearing was held Tuesday night in Hamblen County in regards to a permit for a proposed 57-acre limestone quarry near ...

It’s a wonderful lake.” For decades, the site was a watercress farm that sold its products in Philadelphia and New York City. Eventually it was sold to be a small limestone quarry where pickup ...

A monumental discovery has been made in the San Antonio Zoo, confirming the exact quarry that provided the limestone to build the Alamo and solving a mystery spanning centuries.

The state Department of Environmental Protection on Jan. 21 approved a permit for Neiswonger Construction to build the 336-acre mine underneath the Maggie Lynn Limestone Quarry along Morey Road.

The site was home to a watercress farm for decades before eventually becoming a small limestone quarry that provided gravel to small landscaping or construction projects. The quarry pit gradually ...