In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth, including a form of igneous rock called granite ... we mined that granite and we made countertops. We laid those countertops in kitchens ...

It used to be that granite countertops graced only high-end kitchens. Increasingly though, the coarse-grained rock made mostly of quartz is providing surface support to homes of all income levels.

This story is the latest installment in "Past Times," a series about Fall River the way people remember it and the way history recorded it. Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble would have been right ...