 O. H. Sundahl started a feed mill in 1875, Ed Lewis started one in 1891, and G. B. Waller started one in 1897.James B. Lewis & Co. established a woolen mill in 1876, which burned down in 1880.A stock company was then formed, the mill was rebuilt and started business again under the name of the Dassel Woolen Mills, with Horace P. Breed and Daniel Methven as its managers.