Celebrating its 90th anniversary last year, Dakota Granite Company, based in Milbank, SD, has been a longtime stone producer. It opened its doors in 1925 as primarily a quarrier and monument manufacturer. Through the decades it has weathered some storms, but today continues to thrive. Currently, the company operates four quarries in South Dakota, one in Minnesota and is in the process of opening three sites in Wyoming for Red sandstone, Teton Taupe and Casper White.

Dakota Granite Company, which now has 75 workers, was originally founded by partners George Liebenstein, Wesley Swenson and Alexander Dewar, and it is presently owned by a family of stockholders. Since 2010, the company has been under the direction of Rick Dilts, CEO, who began his career at Dakota Granite Company as a territory representative more than 15 years ago.