Anyone recognize this Ohio territory quarry site from an 1804 journal description?

[redbeardrelics]

While recently doing some ancestry research, I came across some online issues of the Maryland Historical Society's early magazines. In the 1909 issue there was an article concerning an 1804 expedition made by some Baltimore, MD area Quakers who made a pilgrimage to visit and assist some Indian friends of theirs in the Ohio area. In the 1804 Quaker journal of their trip is reference to an Indian flint quarry, and I expect some of you will recognize the area, and could be able to tell me what we currently call the type of flint that was quarried there? I have attached an image of one of the pages that talk of this outcrop and quarry site, and am trying to attach a link to the 1909 Maryland Historical Society magazine for those of you who may be interested in reading the whole article, which I found very interesting also for the accounts of the wildlife and fauna existing there at that time.
https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/m...000001/000000/000013/pdf/msa_sc_5881_1_13.pdf

 

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[joshuaream]

The passage there describes the Liston Creek chert quarries in Wabash County Indiana. Wabash means place of flint in one of the Native American languages used back then. It's not particularly great chert, but it was free and available and came in any shade of beige that you might want.

 

[dognose]

I gotta say, I had a hard time reading that and your deciphering of that is pretty amazing.

 

[redbeardrelics]

The passage there describes the Liston Creek chert quarries in Wabash County Indiana. Wabash means place of flint in one of the Native American languages used back then. It's not particularly great chert, but it was free and available and came in any shade of beige that you might want.

Thanks, I figured someone here would be familiar with the location referenced in that passage. I had not heard of the Liston Creek chert quarries, and never would have guessed or figured it out on my own.

 

[joshuaream]

I gotta say, I had a hard time reading that and your deciphering of that is pretty amazing.

To be perfectly honest, the only thing I got from the picture was the page number. The link to the PDF was is normal text.

 

[joshuaream]

Thanks, I figured someone here would be familiar with the location referenced in that passage. I had not heard of the Liston Creek chert quarries, and never would have guessed or figured it out on my own.

I grew up in the area, with the name of my home town and a river I spent a lot of time playing in, it kind of narrowed down the options pretty quickly.