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102 fo rm er p l e i s t o c e n e Lake B o n n e v ille . Many o f th e s e s to n e s w ere ro u n d e d and sm oothed by th e a c t i o n o f w a te r , and some from h ig h e r s lo p e s w ere ro u g h e n e d and b ro k e n b y g l a c i a l i c e . N e a rly a l l s to n e h o u se s an d o th e r b u i l d i n g s n o r th o f S a l t Lake C ity e x h i b i t r u b b le s to n e m asonry composed o f t h e s e m is c e lla n e o u s h a rd m etam orp h ics ( F i g s . 3 1 , 3 2 ) , e s p e c i a l l y th e c i t i e s o f B o u n tif u l, C e n t e r v i l l e , F a rm in g to n , W illa r d , and s c a t t e r e d i n th e s e t t l e m e n t s o f Cache V a lle y . A t h i r d s o u rc e o f r u b b le s to n e i s t h e f i s t - s i z e d c o b b le s to n e s ta k e n from r i v e r b e d s th ro u g h o u t th e Mormon r e g io n . C o b b le sto n e was f r e q u e n t l y u sed t o f i l l l a r g e r j o i n t s i n th e r u b b le s to n e w a lls b u t was u s e d e x c l u s i v e l y o n ly on chim neys ( e s p e c i a l l y th o s e o f c a b in s d u rin g th e i n i t i a l s e t t l e m e n t p e r io d ) ( F ig . 3 3 ) . T h e re i s no p a r t i c u ­ l a r r e g io n i n t h e Mormon West w here c o b b le s to n e a p p e a rs t o be s i g n i f i c a n t l y more im p o r ta n t th a n in o th e r r e g io n s . Nowhere d id i t e v e r p re d o m in a te a s a b u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l even f o r chim ney c o n s t r u c t i o n . S y m m e tric a lly c u t q u a r r y - s to n e u sed f o r h o u ses was a lm o s t w h o lly c o n fin e d t o th e r e g io n s s o u th o f S a l t Lake C ity . Most q u a r r y - s to n e s w ere b ed d ed s a n d s to n e s and lim e ­ s to n e s w hich c o u ld e a s i l y b e c le a v e d an d sh a p e d i n t o b lo c k s . Red s a n d s to n e i s c o n s p ic u o u s i n a l l s e t t l e m e n t s o f th e * V ir g in R iv e r V a lle y , e s p e c i a l l y S a n ta C la r a , S t . G eo rg e, and W ashington ( F ig . 2 9 , p . 1 0 0 ), i n Kane C ounty and i n M illa r d C ounty, e s p e c i a l l y i n F illm o r e . A ta n o r b u ff-c o lo re d s a n d s to n e was q u a r r i e d f o r h o u ses i n C a s tle V a lle y and S e v ie r Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.