Between at least 1962 and 1998, the Olson Manufacturing Co., of Brule, Nebraska, manufactured a horizontal bandsaw.
Information Sources
- May 1962 Popular Mechanics, page 44 in the Classified Ads. "Horizontal Metal cutting band saws. Write for circular. Olson Mfg. Co., Brule, Nebr."
- 1968 Business in Nebraska, issues 280-303.
Another industry which proves that it isn't the size of the town that counts, is the Olson Manufacturing Company located at Brule, a town which had only 370 inhabitants when the 1960 Census was taken. Carleton Olson, manager of the family-owned firm, was a farmer in the Brule community when he recognized the need ...