Houston County. The loam everywhere is suitable for making brick, which are uniformly red. The following establishments were seen: Stephen Robinson, Money Creek; two miles south of the village. (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)
Brick Yard. Many years ago Stephen Robinson commenced the manufacture of brick on his farm, which proved to be of a good quality. At first they were moulded by hand in the old fashioned way, but about 1870, he procured a machine, and since that time the manufacture has been extensive. The brick used in the construction of the county jail in Caledonia were from this yard, and numerous other towns in the county have thus been supplied. This is a most important industry. (History of Houston County, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Edward D. Neill, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis, 1882, Page 438)
Brick. The loam everywhere is suitable for making brick, which are uniformly red. The following establishments were seen: Stephen Robinson, Money Creek; two miles south of the village. (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)
There were no brick yards in operation in the county (Houston) in 1912, but old plants were located in former years at nearly every town in the county, - Money Creek, Spring Grove, La Crescent, Houston, and at other localities. Common red brick can be made from the loess at nearly any locality in the county. (Clays and Shales of Minnesota, Frank F. Grout and E. K. Soper, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1914, Page 112)