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BC. 60824 Louisville to Nashville
Bicycle Check.
Newsan Station.
(11) 1\frac{1}{2} Foster + Creighton's Switch
2\frac{1}{2} Pegram.
Kingston,
(10)
Aug. Saturday. Newsan.
Grarry \frac{1}{2} mile S of R.R. station.
6 ft. Waldron shale, fossils.
16 ft. brown gravelly rock Samples,
red courses in white rock.
In Sand was found
Orthoceras arimulatum Large
Orthoceras large 1\frac{1}{2}
Waldron shale
66 ft above R.R.,
RR = lowest exposure
The Devonian limestone occurs west of
Sam Newsan's house, just above the
house of a negro tenant.