Louis Osterlund, after operating his store for twenty years, sold out to Andrew Olson & Co. in 1911 and retired from business. John Osborn started the first lumber yard in 1874 and then, in 1881, he sold out to John, Jonas J., and Louis Rudberg, who added furniture and undertaking to the business. Oscar E. Lindquist was born in Dassel in 1874. In 1896, at the age of only 22, Oscar became the town's postmaster. O. H. Sundahl started a feed mill in 1875, Ed Lewis started one in 1891, and G. B. Waller started one in 1897. James B. Lewis & Co. established a woolen mill in 1876, which burned down in 1880. A stock company was then formed, the mill was rebuilt and started business again under the name of the Dassel Woolen Mills, with Horace P. Breed and Daniel Methven as its managers. They manufactured all kinds of woolen goods, and the famous “Svenskt Wadmal”, wool fabric that is both warm and water-resistant.