The material, which has been used in a home built by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Buffalo’s City Hall and the Hockey Hall of Fame, was discovered in 1822 by John Baldwin — the founder of ...

ROCKLIN (CBS13) — The last standing monument to Rocklin's quarry history is coming down. "We just lived it,"' said Paul Ruhkala, who's family has been involved with quarries and granite for more than ...

Because of its color and quality, the rock has had a variety of uses throughout the United States, including in the construction buildings in Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., and the J.C. Penney ...

WAITE PARK — We have a mountain range beneath us, said Julianne O'Connell, education curator at the Stearns History Museum, pointing to a stone outcrop at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve. The museum has ...

GRANITE QUARRY — Bill Feather shed a little bit of his modesty Tuesday and finally recognized that, yes, he is a part of Granite Quarry history. “I’m proud of being the first elected mayor in Granite ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Hiking through the former Big Rock Quarry along the Arkansas River, North Little Rock artist V.L. Cox not only got away from a busy work schedule, she said, but escaped back into ...

LEE — The resumption of marble quarrying here may begin within 60 days, according to Nicholas L. Lucchese of Tuckahoe, N.Y., who last summer purchased the large quarry on Marble Street. Lucchese said ...

Steeped in history, the Stony Creek Quarry is experiencing a renaissance, an artistic renaissance. While it is still a working quarry, with 50 of its 400 acres owned by the town of Branford and leased ...