The Heritage Center: the Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Company

“Tires or trucks, the Kelly-Springfield name has been associated with quality products since the 1800s.” PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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“Tires or trucks, the Kelly-Springfield name has been associated with quality products since the 1800s.” PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Updated Sept 28, 2018
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“Tires or trucks, the Kelly-Springfield name has been associated with quality products since the 1800s,” ran the advertisements for the Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Company, organized by Edwin S. Kelly, the son of former mayor, philanthropist, and industrialist O.S. Kelly, in 1910.

E.S. Kelly retired in 1912, but the company continued to grow and introduce new models of trucks and eventually buses until they closed up operations in 1927.

During its heyday, Kelly-Springfield Trucks were sold in every part of the U.S. and even were supplied to troops during U.S. Mexico border skirmished in 1914.

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