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FASCINATING LOOK at the LOGAN (WILSON) QUARRY and in the TOWN of AROMAS – MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO
In February, 1989, Betsy Woolpert sat down with Grace Marshall Totten to hear about her memories of life at the Logan (now Wilson) Quarry. Here in Grace’s own words are some of those fascinating stories of life more than 100 years ago. ―I was born in 1894 in Moscow, Idaho, where my family Read more
The A.R. Wilson Era Continues – as Told by Robert Cozzens
The third in a series on the history of Logan Quarry by Robert Cozzens, who worked with Graniterock for over 62 years, this excerpt is taken from a history he created in 1974. Cozzens described A.R. Wilson as a very, very energetic man, and the growth and expansion he led at the Quarry (not Read more
The First Decade of Operations at Logan Quarry
The second in a series on the history of Logan Quarry by Robert Cozzens, who worked with Graniterock for over 62 years, this excerpt is taken from a history he created in 1974. Hand work at the Quarry was brutal and far too slow, and it was clearly necessary to mechanize production. In 1901, Read more
Getting Started at Logan Quarry, as Told by Robert Cozzens
Robert Cozzens started work at Granite Rock Company’s Logan Quarry in 1916. Over his long career with Graniterock, Bob worked for Company founder A.R. Wilson, his son Jeff and widow Anna, and for Bruce and Betsy Woolpert. Bob spent his first four years with the Company living in the Quarry Bunkhouse, and filled many roles Read more
Early Quarry Housing
Throughout its 111 year history, Granite Rock Company has had family ties that have gone beyond the workplace and extended to connect with the lives of its people and communities. In the 1920’s, Granite Rock Company built a number of houses near the entrance to Logan Quarry (now named the A.R. Wilson Quarry). These served Read more
Back in Time
100 years ago, in 1911, Granite Rock Company installed a new “Number 8” crushing plant at the Arthur R. Wilson Quarry in Aromas, then known as Logan Quarry, named after Judge Logan’s nearby railroad stop. A No. 7 ½ plant was already in operation, and together the two crushers were able to produce 2,000 Read more
