The granite foundations of Jump Off and Echo Mountains in Laurel Park may predate the Appalachian Orogeny by hundreds of millions of years, and massive sections of this bedrock remain visible at Jump Off Rock, The Cascades, and The Quarry. W.A. Smith began quarry operations here around the turn of the 20th century after he and Judge Pace purchased a 240-acre tract west of Hendersonville, and he displayed outstanding specimens of rock susceptible to a fine polish at his office on Main Street. In 1909, he installed a giant stone crusher to supply gravel for road improvements, admix for concrete, and ballast between railroad ties. Stone from this quarry was used in the construction of many commercial and residential sites in the area, including the façade of the Hendersonville High School gym built in 1938. In 2020, the gym was demolished, and some of its stone returned here as the foundation of this historical marker.