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low hills ahead. The Buffaloville and unnamedcoals near the base of theextensively mined siueftheast of Dale in theRoute 345; turn right (northeast) on U.S.231.Intersection of Indiana oute 62 and U.S.231 in the center of Dale; continue north onU.S. 231.I-64 interchange with U.north on U.S. 231.Entering Dubois County;and named for Toussaint Bubois, a Frenchsoldier who fought with General WilliamHenry Harrison at the attle of Tippecanoe.U.S. 231 crosses the approximate location ofthe Buffaloville Coal Member crop at thisridge ahead and ridges for the nextHuntingburg) are cappedeanton Formation.n the right marks the Iscationwhere the Indian Treaty Line, surveyedby Thomas Freeman in 18the Treaty of Vincennes indent Thomas Jefferson, crosses the road. TheTreaty of Vincennes was signedian tribes and gave the Uniteddisputed lands along the WabashRoad to Holland, Indiana, onnorth on U.S. 231. Holland was laid out in1859 by Henry Kunm, who named the townafter his native land. Today Holland is notedfor its dairy products.The section that is considered the typesection of the Holland Limestone Member ofthe Staunton Formation (fig. IN-2) is locatedabout 4 miles (6.4 kmj west of this intersection.The chert, shale with limestone pebbles,and dense limestone which comprise theHolland contain fusuiinids and ostracods,which indicate a middleThe broad flat area ahead and to the left(west) is Illinoian and Wisconsinan lake sediments.Sandstones of the basal razil or uppermostMansfield Formation crop out in the roadcutto the right (east).U.S. 231 lies at or slightly above the crop ofthe Buffalovilie Coal Member of the Brazi!Formation for the nextuntingburg, Indiana; founded in1839 by Joseph Geiger who named the townHuntingdon, allegedly because he came hereto hunt before he had purchased the land. Thename was confused with Huntington in northernlndiana and was therefore changed to- Huntingburg.Center of Huntingburg; note the many oidbrick buildings in the downtown area. Clayand shale in the upper raziil Formation havelong been used for bricks and pottery manufacturein the Huntingburg area. Clays are soabundant and accessible "chat bT-snau?gJ of theolder houses and stores in the town were builtusing bricks made and fired on %he site.intersection of In231 in Huntingburg; csntinue north ran231.Abandoned beehive kilns of the Hurn tingburgBrick Co. on the left.Crossing onto floodplain of the Patokaof commerce in this area. The Enlow Mill,located on the Pataka W iver, was establishedand used by early settlers from as farver, including the Lincolnundance of hardwoods inDubois County and woodworking skiils of thepredominantly German sei:tkrs !maw bebasis of the furnittjre-manufacturii'~g inin Jasper since theJunction lndiana231; bear right (east) on U,S, 23L-0ndEal-i;a 56.Junction Indiana Route 162 and U.S. 231near the cen-ter of Jasper; turn left (north) anU.S. 231.St. Joseph's Church on the left. The GP'SU~BS~was constructed with sandstcane from theMansfield Formation quarried east of Jasper,and native timbers, Construction began in1887, and the church was c1888. The styte of the church isthe steeple, which was addedterned after theboundary betweenthe east) and thewest). The Crawfosandstone cliffs, and many bedrock exposures(Maiott, 1922).Crossing the approximate Jucatisn of thecontact between the Mansf ield and Brazil Formations.The contact has been placed at thebase of the coal which lies in about the samestratigraphic position as the Lower Block CoalMember, the lowest member of the Brazil inits type area near Brazil, bndiana, but the eorrelationwith the Lower Biock coal is tentative.Exposures along US. 231 tor the next ilgootee) are the rocks inn "E rrke right (east) is adivision of Kimball Inlernakiol-ial, Ine., whichmanufactures furniture, piarios, and electronicorgans.U.S. 231 is on a terrace of Illinoiai-m proglaciallake sediments far the next 1.5 miles(2.4 km). Dissection of this terrace can beseen to the ieft (west and northwest),he yeilowish-gray to moderately yeslowish-