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09/10/2003 - Release at Will
| 1970s | Mike Rainville begins making various wooden items in his parents’ basement in Lincoln, VT. Products were given away, sold on consignment (at the family general store) or at flea markets. |
| 1979 | First wholesale sales occur. Mike turns 16 and gets his driver’s license so he can get his own lumber. His father encourages him to relocate to another building. (Things were getting dusty in the house!) Products include tic-tac-toe and cribbage boards and wooden cars and trucks. |
| 1984 | Mike graduated college and built his larger shop so he could work full-time. He named his company “Maple Landmark Woodcraft.” Maple Landmark Homestead was the name of the family maple sugaring operation. Sales came mainly from local gift shops and a few craft fairs. |
| 1987 | Maple Landmark acquired the Troll’s Toy Workshop. This brought letter-based products and new production techniques to Maple Landmark. It also allowed for the hiring of full-time employees (other than Mike’s immediate family, who already helped out a great deal). |
| 1988 | The first NameTrains are introduced. Life hasn’t been the same since! |
| 1993 | Mike’s wife, Jill, joins the business, along with their first son, Adam. |
| 1994 | Colored NameTrains that fit wooden track systems were finally introduced after years of customer demand. (And, boy, did they demand a lot of it!) |
| 1995 | Son number two, Andrew, joins the team. |
| 1996 | The company built its new plant in Middlebury, VT. |
| 1997 | The Vermont Wooden Game Company is purchased, bringing attention back to wooden games, part of Maple Landmark’s early product line. |
| 1999 | The plant expands to 15,000 square feet. Also, Vermont Country Blocks is acquired, bringing more letter products to the product line. |
| 2000 | Hang-A-Name is added to the product line using letter blocks to create personalized, decorative accessories. |
| 2001 | Maple Landmark acquires Montgomery Schoolhouse, another Vermont wooden toy company that had been in business since 1971. Operations are consolidated in Middlebury. |
| 2003 | The company introduces a new version of the NameTrain, TimberToots™. In addition, arrangements are made to acquire a line of educational birthday cards. |
| Current | Maple Landmark employs about thirty people and sells about 1000 different items to 3000 locations nationwide, with some export accounts as well. |
