1910: John North Willys starts constructing what will become the Jeep Parkway plant in Toledo.
1912: Willys-Overland Motor Co. ranks as the second-largest automaker behind Ford Motor Co. and has 15,000 employees by 1915, making it Toledo’s largest employer.
1928: Jeep Parkway plant reaches an employment peak of 23,000 people, who work in a 7-million-square-foot facility that includes more than 90 buildings and covers 119 acres.
1941: Production of military Jeeps begins, and about 363,000 are assembled at Jeep Parkway during World War II. Trailers, 155mm shells, aircraft parts, rockets, and other military equipment also are made at the factory during the war
1945: First civilian Jeep, the CJ-2A and a predecessor of the Jeep Wrangler, is produced at the Jeep Parkway plant. Station wagons, pickups, the sporty Jeepster car, and sport utility vehicles eventually follow.
1953: A Kaiser-Frazer Corp. subsidiary buys Willys-Overland Motors Inc. and changes its name to Willys Motors Inc.
1954: Jeep Parkway plant builds its 5 millionth vehicle.
1969: Kaiser Jeep is sold to American Motors Corp. for $70 million. The plant is renamed Jeep Corp.
1983: Production of the Jeep Cherokee and its twin, Wagoneer, begins.
1983-2013: Every year new models come out and buisness has been better than ever.
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