Bemidji Woolen Mills - History

History

First generation American father and son, Ira P. Batchelder and Ira H. Batchelder, set out to produce the outdoor woolen apparel for the logging industry and created Bemidji Woolen Mills in 1920. The original target area was Northern Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin.

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