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Article: City spotlight: Bedford. (Bedford, Indiana)
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- Indiana Business Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 1992
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Nestled amid the rolling hills of South-Central Indiana, Bedford has a foundation of limestone, both physically and economically.
In 1825, the community, which today is the Lawrence County seat, was founded by residents of a nearby community, after a fever had killed a number of people there. Folks thought it best to seek higher ground at what is now Bedford, population 13,817. By the 1850s, rail service made quarrying limestone profitable, prompting a heritage that remains strong today.
Lawrence County limestone can be found in thousands of tombstones in the region, as well as in the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center in New York. It's in the ...