Reclaiming An Old Stone Barn
In late 2021, we started reclaiming the stone from this old barn in central Montana. The walls had collapsed in many places. The stonemasons that built this barn in the late 19th century collected the sandstone from the surrounding ranch. This sandstone is from the...
Yellowstone’s Rhyolite Walls
Most of the retaining walls in Yellowstone were built using boulders from the rhyolite flows around the central plateau. Click images to enlarge The rhyolite was used because it was available close by and was relatively workable with hand tools. Most walls have this...
Frontier Sandstone Quarry
Quarrying Frontier Sandstone requires the operator to peel out delicate layers without breaking too...
1890’s Montana Stone Mansion
This beautiful sandstone building was built in White Sulfur Springs, MT in 1892 for Byron Rogers Sherman, a successful local rancher and businessman. Click images to enlarge Sherman was described as a man whose “wide-spread involvement in the economic...