"The granite business was good around 1900," said Roy Ruhkala, Paul's father. The quarry itself has a rich history. Salt and pepper granite from the Rocklin quarry can be found in the state ...

Marenakos Rock Center in Preston has long been the place to go for stone. ... Hackney and I sat around on slabs of salt-and-pepper granite to talk about his newly launched enterprise. Q: ...