Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1901 — A Big Rock. [ARTICLE]

A Big Rock.

On the farm on B. O. Gardner, three miles east of town, until recently, there has been an immense rock of the nigger head variety. Mr. Gardner ip rebuilding the farm residence and decided to use the rock for the foundation. By the use of dynamite the part of the stone above the ground was broken to pieces. Already 39 perch has been hauled away and there is fully as much more remaining in the rock. This is certainly an immense stone for this part of the country.