"At one time or another, the city was the site of four different companies. A few Waterloo cars were built in 1905 by the Waterloo Gas Engine Company which later made the Waterloo Boy tractor before becoming John Deere Tractor Works. In 1904 and 1905 the Duryea car was produced there. The Dart Truck Co. began operation in Waterloo around 1910 and existed about 10 years. Bill Galloway persuaded Maytag's to move the Mason Auto Co. from Des Moines to Waterloo. Maytag cars were built here in 1910-11. in Iowan Dec. 1960-Jan. 1961.
According to the exhibit "Out of the Mud" at the Iowa State Historical Museum - Jan. 1990, the following were Waterloo Auto Manufacturers:
Arabian 1915-1917
Asquith 1901
Caldwell 1908
Dart Truck 1922
Davis 1895
Duryea 1900-1911
Fishback 1912
Galloway 1908-1911
LCE 1914-1916
Mason/Maytag 1906-1915
Summit 1907-1909
Waterloo 1908