Established in 1904, Hatton Granite Company, is North Dakota’s oldest monument business. Starting 15 years after North Dakota gained statehood, the family business originally created monuments from hand and chisel. Through the years, it has been passed down and is now with its current owners, Blake and Jill Wamstad, who took the company over in 2001.
“The company has been passed down through five generations of stone workers,” said Blake Wamstad. “My great-great-grandfather started this business in 1904. The countertop business was started a little over a decade ago.”