LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - On August 21, 1897, Ransom E. Olds founded Olds Motor Works in Lansing.

His company built some of America’s earliest mass-produced cars, including the famous curved dash Oldsmobile.

Olds’ vision and assembly-line methods helped pave the way for Michigan’s place as the heart of the auto industry.

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