I have maps and lots of pictures, ... of what was there. So I frequently conduct tours. There's a lot to see if you know where to look. |
In the Valley is where it always hits pretty hard. |
It is unusual to see two distinct colors there so close together: green and pink, |
Once the ground gets saturated, we get slides. We're just trying to dry out and get ready for the next one. |
Our crews had a very busy weekend. A little relief would be nice. |
Over 300 stonecutters worked there in the summer, ... during its heyday. Many lived in the barracks on the site. The permanent people lived in homes in Redstone. |
Remnants of the stone shed where they did the finishing work, ... the foundation is there. |
The reason I got involved, ... is that my family is in the granite business. Swenson and (The H.E.) Fletcher (Company) owned Redstone for 43 years, after the Great Depression. |
There were railroad spurs. You can see remnants of the boiler, compressor is still there, a giant lathe where they turned the columns on, |
They took a wallet, they took credit cards, they opened up my gun safe, they took the guns out, they pulled ammo out of there. |