tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433938713207283472.post8603370192382717355..comments2023-11-02T08:30:45.484-07:00Comments on Scots Great and Small, People and Places: Scottish Stonecutters Build Texas Capital in 1882wayne rethfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15421580346280859676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433938713207283472.post-31893631328766208322011-11-09T12:54:10.432-08:002011-11-09T12:54:10.432-08:00I just discovered that a great-great grandfather c...I just discovered that a great-great grandfather came from Glamis, Scotland. He did a four-year apprenticeship as a stone-cutter and arrived in Wisconsin in November of 1842. He purchased a stone quarry in Genesee, Wisconsin, and supplied stone for the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin, the Waukesha Methodist Church, and Carroll University in Waukesha. Today the quarry is listed on the National Register of Historical Places because of the lime kilns operated there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com