Sunlight casts an icy shimmer down the 200-foot white marble walls of the underground quarry, the source of stone for national monuments and uncounted tombstones. From the quarry came the ...

The white stone had received a lot of publicity, but the lack of rail transportation precluded any large-scale development. ... the demand for marble declined and the quarries closed in 1941.

The tiny town in Gunnison County is home to a historic quarry -- and many artists who make their mark on the marble that gives this town its name and its fame.