“Uncle Charlie” Bennett was named General Manager Iron Windmill Company and as General Manager hadįought hard to keep the struggling company operatingĭuring its early years. Hough was one of the founders of the Plymouth TheĬompany continues to hold that market-dominantĭaisy suffered a major loss with the death of Lewis Some 30 competitors during its first decade. Industry, having seen the appearance and demise of The dominate force in the burgeoning air gun The 19th Century, Daisy had established itself as
Of the windmill business for good and changes it's Hough joins the company to keep theīooks part time while continuing to run his father'sġ895 - The Plymouth Iron Windmill Company gets out Makes a trip to Chicago and sell 10,000 guns to Were distributed within a radius of one hundredġ891 - Charles Bennett is hired to serve as theĬompany's first salesman at a salary of $85/month Twenty-five employees of Plymouth Iron WindmillĬompany were producing 50,000 guns, most of which Windmill- so much so that the focus of the company Were more interested in the "Daisy" than the The popularity of the premium item was huge. To use the metal air rifle as a premium item.
Hamilton was the first to develop a metal air rifle.Īfter firing the gun (first at a basket of red-inkĬovered paper and then an old shingle), HoughĮxclaimed in the slang of the time, "Boy, that's aĭaisy!" and later convinced the Board of Directors While the "Chicago" air rifle-madeĪlmost entirely of wood - had been made since 1885īy the Markham Air Rifle Company of Plymouth, The voteįailed by one vote - that of General Manager LewisĬass Hough. Windmill sales did not take off as expected and theĬompany came close in 1888 to liquidating. However a premium item, givenįree to farmers who purchased these windmills, was Of Detroit, had for four years been making iron Windmill Company in Plymouth, Michigan, just outside Had just been invented and was only available as a
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