1895
Eureka! Tent & Awning Company formed in Binghamton, New York, prior to this year, exact year unknown
Makes wagon covers, awnings, flags, and canvas and commercial wall tents
1910
Arthur Legg and E.Dickerman purchased the company
1925
Legg’s son, Arthur Legg, bought out Dickerman’s interest
1948
Robert Blanchard, an Eureka! employee and tent designer, files a patent application for a free standing dome tent
1951
Blanchard’s patent application for a free standing dome tent is approved
1955-56
prototype free standing tents used by US military's Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica
1956
offer a catalog of family camping tents
1959
create the Draw-Tite, a free standing, external frame tent based on Blanchards’s patented design
1960-61
Draw-Tite tents (in canvas) is used on Himalayan Scientific Mountaineering Expedition by Sir Edmund Hillary
1963
prototype nylon Draw-Tite tents field tested by the first American Mount Everest expedition team
Mountaineers Jim Whittaker And Barry Bishop suggested brass hooks to attach tent to frame and zipper vents
a Draw-Tite stood at Camp Six (8,366 m or 27,450 ft) for about 30 days in 130-160 kph (80 -100 mph) winds
1965
company experiences a headquarters fire, causing $500,000 worth of damage
1969
introduce the Mt Katahdin, the first commercial double walled nylon tent
1971
experienced another fire, this time causing $100,000 in damages
1973
introduced Timberline tent, first self-supporting, lightweight tent. Brass pole hooks precursor to plastic pole clips
over 2,700 Timberlines sold in first year
Purchased by Johnson Wax Associates (later Johnson Outdoors), a subsidiary of what is now SC Johnson Inc.
1983
over 1 million StormShield design Timberline tents sold
1993
Johnson Worldwide Assoc moves marketing, sales, R&D, and customer service functions to Racine, Wisconsin
1999
moves Outdoor Equipment Group back to Binghamton
2001
created the high-altitude tent, the 5th Season, for the Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition on Everest
2006
production ceased at Binghamton headquarters for nearly two months as flooding results in $5 million in damage
Eureka! now