History

Roundhouse was gateway to Sierra

Rocklin’s roundhouse was at the intersection of Front Street and Rocklin Road, east of today’s Crossroads Church. A plaque near these remnants of the west-facing roundh ...

Fossils and fun: Sierra College museum hosts open house

The Sierra College Natural History Museum held a free open house on Saturday.  Kids of all ages were treated to hands-on science exhibits, family-friendly lectures, as we ...

History on track in Rocklin

Rocklin’s railroad depot is on Rocklin Road at the corner of Railroad Avenue, next to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The city of Rocklin built it in 2007 to beautify Rock ...

State building boasts granite from Capitol Quarry’s early days

This granite quarry is behind the city office building at 3970 Rocklin Road. To get the best view of the quarry pit, go to the second floor exterior stairwell landing of that offic ...

Celebrate history at annual dinner

The Rocklin Historical society will hold its Installation Dinner Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Whitney Oaks, 2305 Clubhouse Drive. Social hour begins at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner an ...

Rocklin's museum: There’s history behind those walls

The Rocklin History Museum is at 3895 Rocklin Road, at the corner of San Francisco Street. Dr. Henry Fletcher erected this building as his home and office in 1905, boom times for ...

Rocklin History Tour Stop 3: City Hall was a quarry store

This building is at 3980 Rocklin Road. Adolf Pernu, owner of Rocklin’s early 20th-century California Granite Company quarry, built it as a company store for his employees in ...

Rocklin History Tour Stop 2:  the Finns in the Hall

Finn Hall is at the corner of South Grove and Rocklin Road. It is the most visible reminder of Rocklin’s once dominant Finnish culture. Rocklin’s first Finns were a ...

Rocklin History Tour: Stop 1

The lake in front of Rocklin’s library at the corner of Rocklin Road and Granite Drive fills one of four granite quarries operated in the in the early 20th century by the Uni ...

Our View: Impromptu quarry tour from the experts

What happens if you stop by the museum on a rainy day to talk history with Gary Day? Well, in my case, you just might end up tramping through wet grass with Gary and Roy Ruhkala, g ...