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Kansas

KS Toronado

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4. I'm not a geologist, that said, lots of western Kansas was under water millions of years ago,

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Thu Oct 15, 2020, 11:09 AM

Oct 2020

Limestone, lots of limestone in western KS, pioneers used it to build tornado proof houses and fence posts for barbed wire fences.
Lots of examples still standing today.

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Gove County, Monument Rocks, aka The Chalk Pyramids [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2020 OP

I have roots to Gove County, more from the article......... KS Toronado Oct 2020 #1

Fukin-A, Billy. Don't need no Gub'mint libtards telling' us about no masks. 3Hotdogs Oct 2020 #2

What's the geological origin of the rocks? Composition? 3Hotdogs Oct 2020 #3

I'm not a geologist, that said, lots of western Kansas was under water millions of years ago, KS Toronado Oct 2020 #4

Thanx 3Hotdogs Oct 2020 #5