The four dominant American founders of the US based motorcycle manufacturing field were George Hendee and Oscar Hedstrom of Indian Motorcycles and William Harley & Arthur Davidson of the Harley Davidson clan fame. It might be said that interestingly from the beginning that "Indian "had a couple of years "head start". However as luck and fortune had it that basically as the market for new machines grew young Harley & Davidson called in their "big brothers", grew and prospered to develop into the full blooded "Harley Davidson" Motor Company.
