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Building Relationships
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
On May 8, 1905, Granite Rock Company received the following letter from the General Manager of the Santa Cruz Beach, Cottage and Tent City Corporation:“Gentlemen:Please ship two car loads of the finest Crushed Rock, same as we used on the esplanade at Santa Cruz. We would like to have this here this week. Ship same to Beach Switch near our Electric Light Plant and oblige,Yours very truly,S.C.B., C & Tent City Corp.By Fred W. Swanton”Fred Swanton ... Read More
Easton & Wilson Bill of Sale, circa 1905
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
During the last decade of the 19th century, Kimball G. Easton and Arthur R. Wilson became partners in the firm of Easton& Wilson, a construction company engaged in street construction and paving in the vicinity of Oakland and Berkeley, California.Kimball Gushee Easton, the eldest of five Easton siblings, was born in Santa Cruz in 1865. A civil engineering graduate of the University of California, in 1890 he worked for the Porphyry Paving Company of Los Angeles. ... Read More
Early Quarry Housing
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
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 as homes for the families of quarry employees. At the end of World War II, business was booming at the quarry, ... Read More
Rancho las Aromitas y Agua Caliente
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
From time to time, interesting artifacts turn up in the storage boxes and cubby holes of a 111 year old company. This summer, we found a folded, worn and water stained map in our storage vault. Now restored and framed, it is a wonderful addition to our Granite Rock archives.On March 2, 1907, Policronio Estolastico de Guadalupe (Lupe) Anzar, his wife Maria G. Anzar, and Robert E. Easton signed this map of a planned division of ... Read More
World War I, Liberty Bonds and Granite Rock Company
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
In 1919, Granite Rock Company purchased Liberty Bonds for a number of its Team Members. A Liberty Bond was a war bond that was sold by the United States Government to support the allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. After the war, the bond could be redeemed for its purchase price plus ... Read More
Back In Time
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
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 tons of rock per day.75 years ago, in 1936, Graniterock opened the first asphaltic concrete plant in California. Located next to the ... Read More
“Granite Rock Company Works Day and Night to Fill Orders for Large Construction Area”
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
October 16, 1929 – Register Pajaronian“Granite Rock Company Works Day and Night to Fill Orders for Large Construction Area”Nine miles from Watsonville at Logan crossing a granite mountain is fighting a losing battle with a group of determined workmen under able supervision of Arthur R. Wilson, president of the Granite Rock Company, which is furnishing crushed granite for industrial progress, from railroad ballast rock down to the finest dust.The war on the grim granite mountain, standing ... Read More
Graniterock Salutes Women’s History Month
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
Graniterock Salutes Women’s History Month – “Our History is Our Strength”Graniterock’s history includes strong women who played key roles in leading the company over the past 111 years. In 1929, only days before the stock market crash that heralded the Great Depression, company founder Arthur R. Wilson died suddenly. His young wife, Anna Rhea Wilson, found herself majority shareholder and president of Granite Rock Company. Although she relied on the expertise of her stepson, General Manager ... Read More
Celebrating American Heart Month February, 2011
Posted by Rose Ann Woolpert on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
Celebrating American Heart Month February, 2011Graniterock is committed to health and wellness and supports programs which benefit the communities in which we live. The Company has long supported the objectives of Women’s Health at Stanford, a multidisciplinary program within the School of Medicine dedicated to enhancing the health of women. Women’s Heart Health at Stanford is one outgrowth of this program. Current research shows that women often experience different symptoms of heart disease than men, yet ... Read More
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