A Note From Cottonwood Corners

A Note From Cottonwood Corners

The reddish, variegated quartzites covered a considerable area in the valley of the James River at certain localities above the Missouri River. They were exposed in the bluffs along the river and none were more than twenty or thirty feet in thickness. They have been much worn by water and project above the surface in large square masses, suggesting to one in the distance a village of log houses. The rocks are mostly reddish and flesh-colored qua…