1865 Heinz, Pierce, & Munschauer manufacture household items
1872 George Pierce buys out his partners
1896 begins manufacturing bicycles
1901 separate Pierce Cycle Company formed
1908 Pierce-Arrow name appears
1909 first motorcycle
1910 George Pierce dies
1911 first truck – a 5-ton stake bed
1914 stop producing motorcycles
1928 Studebaker gains control
1933 introduces the 10,000 dollar Silver Arrow
1936 begin manufacturing camping trailers with the Pierce-Arrow Travelodge
1938 insolvent return to home page
The dates blend Pierce and Pierce-Arrow. No bicycles or motorcycles were sold under the Pierce-Arrow name. Engines for Seagrave fire trucks continued for several years after 1938.
