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The 1890's - Out of the Windmill Business

   
 


"I am not a good shot, but I shoot often."
- Theodore Roosevelt

"With a 1000-shot Daisy Repeater,
you can shoot both straight and often.
"
- Daisy MFG. CO.

 
   
 

1891 - Charles Bennett is hired to serve as the Company's first salesman at a salary of $85/month plus expenses. Two days after being hired, Bennett makes a trip to Chicago and sell 10,000 guns to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company. The order is filled in 6 months.

1893 - Edward C. Hough joins the company to keep the books part time while continuing to run his father's grain elevator business.

1895 - The Plymouth Iron Windmill Company gets out of the windmill business for good and changes it's name to Daisy Manufacturing Company.

 

1880  ║  1890  ║ 1900  ║  1910  ║  1920  ║  1930  ║  1940  ║  The War Years
 1950  ║  1960  ║  1970  ║  1980  ║  1990  ║  2000  ║  The Museum

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