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AGGREGATES MANAGER July 2015 10 I n the late 1800s, four brothers started a public works construction company in the Chicago area, Dolese Bros. Co. When the oldest brother left the company, the remaining three brothers changed the com- pany's focus to supplying railroad ballast and followed the main rail lines south into Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Dolese had several active quarries in Oklaho- ma when it became a state in 1907, so it pro- vided thousands of tons of crushed stone and sand for building the state's roads. As the towns and cities in Oklahoma grew, Dolese grew with them, expanding its business to include ready- mixed concrete in 1927. The company eventu- ally made Oklahoma City its corporate home. Dolese operations are almost exclusively in Oklahoma now, except for a few in Louisiana. Choosing the location Dolese had several quarries located along the rail lines in Oklahoma, but when Interstate 35 opened up in 1970, the company wanted to take advantage of the easy transportation the new interstate highway offered, so it opened a greenfield quarry in Davis. The quarry was located just a few miles from the interstate and only 70 miles from Oklahoma City. "We're the closest quarry to I-35," says Earl Coll, general superintendent at Davis Quarry. 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