[2] From 1870 to 1940, the town of Milford became famous for the "pink" variety of this stone, prized as a building material.

According to local legend, the granite was "discovered" in the early 1870s by two brothers, James and William Sherman at Rocky Woods in Milford.

[3] At its peak, over 1,000 men labored in dozens of quarries in Milford and nearby Hopkinton.

A sample of Milford Pink is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.

[5] The granite is described as a light gray or light pinkish-gray to a medium, slightly pinkish or pinkish and greenish-gray biotite granite with spots from 0.2 to 0.5 inches (5.1 to 12.7 mm) across and in some cases tapering out to 1 inch (25 mm) in length.