The Rock

Rough stone bench between two red leather armchairs in an interior space.

Before returning to Stillwater full-time, Crystalline had been working for Hullinger Cattle Company in Nebraska, becoming one of the first female cattle buyers in the United States. On her last day in Nebraska, she loaded her final set of cattle near a small cabin — the former home of the Unabomber. Out front sat a big rock. Crystalline decided to bring it with her to Stillwater, and to this day, that same rock still sits inside The Copper Penny.