Early Granite Companies, Stearns Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Charles G. Deutsch cgdeu@yahoo.com ========================================================================= History of Stearns County Minnesota Vol I William Bell Mitchell Published by H.C.Cooper, Jr. Chicago 1915 Granite quarry operators Granite quarrying was a large industry in Stearns County. Company Last name (owner) First name First year of operation Page Holes Brothers Holes G.O. 1886 482 Holes W.J. 482 Benzie & Campbell Benzie James 1908 483 Campbell John F. 483 Simmers & Campbell Simmers A.M. 1898 483 Campbell William 483 Black Diamond Granite Company Anderson Albin 1909 483 Schmid Charles 483 Anderson John 483 Lauer Edward 483 Northwestern Granite Company Lehmeier Louis 1890 483 Kaeter Barney 483 Fischer Adolph 483 Pioneer Granite Company Alexander David 1913 483 Alexander William 483 George Joseph 483 United Granite Company Shield William 1908 484 Swenson C.A. 484 Erickson John 484 Naugen Alfred 484 Olson Erick 484 Johnson Herman 484 Walberg Arvid 484 Karlin Karl 484 Anderson Karl 484 Engquist Leonard 484 National Granite Works Peterson Charles E. 1908 484 Peterson Gust 484 Peterson Percy 484 Johnson Gust 484 Peterson Axel 484 Kerkowski Stephen 484 Hagberg Arthur 484 National Granite Works Brown L.C. 1912 484 Ekstrom Frank 484 Frick & Borwick Granite Company Sparry John 1890 484 Resell Edward 484 Frick O. 484 Gustafson John 484 Borwick B. 484 Young A. 484 Bostrom O. 484 St. Cloud Granite Works Johnson Alfred 1894 484 Peterson Emil 484 Anderson Swan 484 August Erickson & Company Erickson August 1903 484 Carlson Charles 484 Skoog A.G. 484 Johnson Albert 484 Melrose Granite Company 484 Rockville Granite Company Alexander Henry 485 Empire Quarrying Company Campbell John F. 1912 485 Benzie James 485 George Austin B. 485 Hillder Granite Company Hilder Julius 1886 485 McGregor Daniel A. 485 McGregor Guy H. 485 McGregor Murray 485 McGregor Frank E. 485 Sauk Rapids Granite Company Misho James 1911 485 Dragoo C.C. 485 Bestor George W. 485 Kelm E.R. 485 Simeon A. Jones 1886 486 M.E. Jones 1889 486 John Kellas 1892 486 L.E. Noren 1889 486 Robert Milne 1889 486 Streitz Brothers Streitz Joseph M. 1907 486 Streitz John L. 486 R. Yaeger & Son Yaeger Rud. 1912 486 Yaeger Charles J. 486 Clark & McCormack Clark John 1906 487 McCormack J.B. 487 Central Minnesota Granite Works Hagquist A.E. 1915 487 Hagquist Fred 487