The six page, all-color issue is rich with content, and will be posted on the Rocklin Historical Society's website shortly. If you aren't a member and would like to know what the fuss is about, I will be posting articles from the Quarterly on the blog this week.
President's Message
by Skip Gebel, RHS President
Welcome! Now that summertime is here and because our next general meeting will be in September I thought that it would be a good time to highlight our accomplishments thus far. Membership continues to grow; we're now at 139 people. That's the highest number to date. New volunteer docents have been trained and they've begun their duties at the History Museum. Our website content continues to grow, attracting inquiries from more local residents as well as people throughout Northern California.
The Children's Tile Project was completed in May by Brent Clark, a Rocklin Boy Scout. Completion of this community service project enabled his advancement to the rank of Eagle Scout. It's the highest position in the Boy Scouts organization. The tile panels were installed on the grounds of the History Museum. After the replica of Firehouse Number 1 is built in Heritage Park they'll be moved to and permanently installed there.
A committee was recently established to assist the City with its plans to develop the Big Gun Quarry. The plans include an area within the existing property to construct an interpretive center. The center will house relevant and useful artifacts gathered from the site so that the story of Rocklin's granite rock quarrying industry can be accurately told. Committee members have recently been on-site, identifying those items so that they can be set aside and moved to the newly built structure.
The Rocklin Chamber of Commerce has recently completed a "Welcome to Rocklin" DVD. It includes a brief introduction by me and a short segment by Roy Ruhkala talking about our granite quarry heritage. We'll show it at one of our upcoming meetings. Thanks to everyone for all your efforts and contributions for our success thus far.
Have a great time this summer and see you at the pot luck dinner in September.
More articles will be featured in the coming days. To get a Quarry Quarterly delivered to your home, become a member of the Rocklin Historical Society! The cost is only $20 per household.
