History
Allan Smidt, a businessman from Los Angeles, started Harbor Freight Salvage Company in Los Angeles, CA. The company bought and sold damaged freight goods from Smidt's home in North Hollywood. Soon the company expanded to include telephone salesmen, from whom one could buy goods damaged in shipping. This is how the name "Harbor Freight" came about.
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