Nohoʻia ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Nashville, ma kahi o Interstate 65, nā poʻe hele e hele i kahi hui o nā hale e hāʻawi ana i nā mea liʻiliʻi wale nō i ko lākou kūlana i hala. ʻO Barry Walker, ka mea nona ka hale i kēia manawa, i kahiʻaneʻi me keʻoluʻolu i ke ala, e hoʻomaikaʻi hou ana i nā hale i ko lākou hanohano mua.
Ua kūkuluʻia ka hale nui i ka makahiki 1881 e like me "The Phoenix Cotton Mill" i kapaʻiaʻo Nashville Cotton Mill. I ka makahiki 1910 ua hakahaka ka hale.
ʻO ka hoʻokumu ikiʻana ma Jackson Tennessee, he kamupumu i hanaʻia i ka makahiki 1874 ma lalo o ka inoa o; Sherman Manufacturing Company, ma hope aku kūʻaiʻia a kapa inoaʻiaʻo "Engine Engine and Boiler Works" Ua hoʻokomoʻia lākou i ka makahiki 1884, e hana ana i nā mela a me nā hoʻoili.
I ka makahiki 1904, ua lilo lākou i mea hana nui loa o konaʻano, ma ka'āina. E kūkulu ana i ka holomua o kā lākou mau mea hoʻoili, a me ka uluhua o kā lākou hui, i ka makahiki 1906 ua hoʻomaka ka Southern e hana i ka huahana o kā lākou kaʻa mua, i hanaʻia e ka mea akamai limaʻo William H. Collier.
I ka makahiki 1910, ua hoʻopukaʻia kekahi mau moku 600 ma lalo o ka inoa inoa o Southerns.
ʻO Engine Engine a Boiler E hana maikaʻi me nā kaʻa i loaʻa ka manaʻo o ka mea waiwai Nashville Businessman,ʻo Augustus H. Robinson, nāna i hōʻuluʻulu i kahi hui o nā mea kūʻai i kūʻai i ka kaʻa kaʻa a hoʻihoʻi i kahi hale Phoenix Cotton Mill.
Ua hoʻomaopopoʻia he mea kālaihana kekahi mea i kapaʻiaʻo Southern, no laila, kapa inoaʻo William Collier i kāna kaʻa "Marathon" no ka mahaloʻana i nā Olumepika o ka makahiki 1904.
I ka pauʻana o ke kuʻiʻana, ua hoʻonui ka papahana i kāna laina mai ka original A9 Touring Car, a me ka Alanui B9 Rumble seatster. I ka makahiki 1911, ua hoʻokumuʻia nā hiʻohiʻonaʻekolu, a ma ka 1913 ua piʻi lākou i nāʻano likeʻole he 12. Ua holomua ka kaʻa me ka lehulehu, a ua hikiʻole i ka hana ke mālama i ka koi.
ʻO Maratona nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā kūlanakauhale nui maʻAmelika. i ka makahiki 1912 ua loaʻa iā lākou nā hana hana 200 mau minuke i kēlā me kēia mahina, me nā kumumanaʻo o ka 10,000 mau makahiki.
ʻOiai ka mea i ka nani o ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka Marathon Motor Works o Nashville,ʻo ka mea i hoʻopiliʻia ma hope o nā hanana,ʻaʻole i like me ka'ōpala.
I ka makahiki 1913,ʻaʻole i ukuʻiaʻo William Collier i nā hewa a me nā mea kūʻai. Uaʻike ka hui iʻekolu mau pelekikena i loko oʻehā mau makahiki. Ma o nā hana kūponoʻole a me nā hoʻoholoʻana o ka hoʻoponopono, ua like ka maikaʻi o ke kālā. Ua pau ka hanaʻana ma Nashville i ka makahiki 1914. Ua kūʻaiʻia nā kumukūʻai a pau e Indiana Automakers, The Herf Brothers, nāna i hana i ka kaʻa no kekahi makahiki hou ma Indianapolis, ma lalo o Herf-Brooks. ʻAʻoleʻike maopopoʻia i ka nui o nā Marathon i hanaʻia, akā wale nō iʻikeʻia heʻewalu mau hōʻailona i kēia lā.
Hoʻokomoʻia ka haleʻo Maratona ma Nashville, me ka pūʻali koa e kāhiko ana i nā'āpana a hiki i ka makahiki 1918. Ua noho ka hale i hoʻomahaʻia a hiki i ka makahiki 1922 i ka wā i kūʻaiʻia mai ai e Werthan Bag Company a hoʻopihaʻia me nā lako no ka hana lole mīkini. ua hoʻomanawanui i kona kuleana o ka hōʻeha kālā. I ka makahiki 1917 ua kūʻaiʻia aku ka hui i kahi mea kūʻai kālā mai Cleveland Ohio.
I ka makahiki 1918, ua kūʻaiʻia ka māhele lako palaoa a liloʻiaʻo iaʻo Southern Supply Company.
I ka makahiki 1922, ua kūʻaiʻia nā hapa i koe o ka hui nui loa e William H. Collier; nāna i hoʻohana i kaʻenehanaʻenehana a me ka hoʻolaahi 'ana a hiki i ka pauʻana i ka makahiki 1926.Barry Walker; ua kūʻai maoliʻo Jackson i nā haleʻo Nashville Marathon i ka makahiki 1990. Ua loaʻaʻo ia i nā hale kūkuluʻenehana a me Boiler Works ma Jackson.Tennessee Ua nohoʻo ia ma waho o kaʻoihana papahanaʻOihana a hiki i ka hōʻeaʻana mai o Ford Motors (Smyrna) i ka makahiki 1981 a mahope Saturn Corp. ( Spring Hill) i ka makahiki 1985. I kēia manawa,ʻo kaʻenehana papahana 10 kaʻoihana nui loa ma Tennessee.