WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
Lava
Lava in Washington County, Utah
LAVA QUARRIES
The Temple QuarryDESCRIPTION
Lava is a rock material hardened after coming out of the earth a molten material in volcanoes.HISTORY
[Click on "Search WCHS Site" on the left side of any webpage and enter "Lava" to find all references to lava on this WCHS website.]Pioneers very early on learned that limestone and sandstone did not make a good material for the foundations of buildings. Water and chemicals in the soil would dissolve the material in the limestone and sandstone that binds together the little grains of rock material, thus leading to the crumbling of the limestone or sandstone bricks.