We didn’t start out to make the world’s finest yurts. We started in fabric - tents to be specific, in 1896 to be exact.

Supplying rugged canvas tents to prospectors heading north to Alaska during the gold rush. Business was good and the company kept growing – for decades.

Then the government called, needing lots of tents and tarps for the troops during World War II – so we grew some more – for a few more decades.

Next we started buying our competitors to increase our production efficiencies – and we bought state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment to improve our product quality. We also added awnings to our product line to help keep everyone busy – and grow some more.

In the 90′s we met the Nesting Bird Yurt Company and started helping them redesign how they made their roofs. Since yurts are used for shelter, it made sense that the roofs were a pretty important part – probably the most important part when you really think about it…

Yurt construction techniques hadn’t changed too much since the early days – we thought that should change. We used our knowledge of materials and patterns and fabric construction techniques to totally change the way yurt roofs were designed and made – for the better!

Our new radial seam roof system really improved the fit and finish of the final product. So much so that most of our smart competitors copied it in one form or another. Which was good because now everyone makes a better product than they did doing it the old way.

We became pretty good at making the best yurt roof in the business – but unfortunately, Nesting Bird was doing as well trying to make it as just a yurt company. So like the guy from the razor commercial, we liked the company so much, we decide to buy it.

And that’s how we got into the yurt business – and we’re kinda glad we did, because we make a really great product and have some fun while we’re at it.