Houston County. The loam everywhere is suitable for making brick, which are uniformly red. The following establishments were seen: Fischer & Keller, Caledonia; begun last year; burnt three kilns, and sold at $8.00 per thousand. (The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, The Fifth Annual Report, For The Year 1876, N. H. Winchell, The Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, 1877, Page 49)
Fisher & Keller, Caledonia; began in 1875; burnt three kilns, and sold at $8.00 per thousand. (The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, Volume I, 1872-1882, N. H. Winchell and Warren Upham, Johnson, Smith & Harrison, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1884, Page 234)
Caledonia. There is a good opening for a brick yard at Caledonia. We have plenty of wood, water and good brick clay, and an increasing demand. Brick for three large buildings have lately been shipped by rail from Dresbach, in Winona county. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Friday Morning, October 9, 1885, Volume VII, Number 282, Page 5)