Michigan natives John and Horace Dodge started a machine shop and bicycle-building business at the dawn of the 20th century. The two expanded to making parts for Oldsmobile, Northern, and Ford before building the first Dodge Brothers car in 1914. According to Dodge Garage, they built just 249 vehicles that first year, but by 1915, Dodge was the nation’s third-biggest automaker.  By 1919, Dodge was selling 100,000 cars a year, but both brothers died during the 1920 flu epidemic. John
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