Mzindawu uli mumzinda wa Nashville, pamtunda wa Interstate 65, oyendetsa ndege akudutsa ndi gulu la nyumba zomwe zimapereka zidziwitso zochepa chabe ku mbiri yawo yakale. Barry Walker, mwiniwake wa nyumbayi, ali ndi mainchesi mwachindunji njira yake, kubwezeretsanso nyumbayi ku ulemerero wawo.
Nyumba yaikulu inamangidwa mu 1881 monga "Mill Powoni ya Phoenix" yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Mtsinje wa Nashville. Pofika mu 1910 nyumbayo inali yopanda ntchito.
Kuwotchera mwachidwi ku Jackson Tennessee, kunali kampani yopanga katundu yomwe inayamba mu 1874 pansi pa dzina; Sherman Manufacturing Company, kenako anagulitsa ndi kutcha dzina "Southern Engine ndi Boiler Works" Iwo anaphatikiza mu 1884, kupanga magetsi ndi boilers.
Pofika m'chaka cha 1904, iwo anali opanga mtundu waukulu kwambiri, mtunduwo. Kumanga kupambana kwa injini zawo, ndi kupambana kwa kampani yawo, mu 1906 Southern anayamba kupanga galimoto yawo yoyamba, yokonzedwa ndi katswiri wamaphunziro William H. Collier.
Pofika mu 1910 magalimoto 600 anapangidwa pansi pa dzina la Southerns.
Southern Engine and Boiler Zimathandiza kuti magalimoto apambane mothandizidwa ndi munthu wolemera wa Business Nashville, Augustus H. Robinson, amene anasonkhanitsa gulu la anthu ogulitsa magalimoto omwe anagula galimotoyo ndikupita nalo ku nyumba ya Phoenix Cotton Mill.
Anaphunzira kuti wina wopanga kupanga magalimoto otchedwa Southern, kotero William Collier anatcha magalimoto ake "Marathon" polemekeza ma Olympic 1904.
Pamene kusamukira kunatha, Marathon anawonjezera mzere wake kuchokera ku galimoto yoyamba A9 Touring, ndi B9 Rumble seatrest Roadster. Pofika m'chaka cha 1911 zitsanzo zisanu zinaperekedwa, ndipo pofika m'chaka cha 1913, zinawonjezeka kufika pa mitundu khumi ndi iwiri. Galimotoyo inali yopambana kwathunthu ndi anthu, ndipo kupanga sikukanakhala kovuta.
Marathon anali ndi ogulitsa mumzinda uliwonse waukulu ku America; pofika m'chaka cha 1912 iwo adakwanitsa kupanga magalimoto okwana 200 pamwezi, ndi mapulani a 10,000 pachaka.
Ngakhale kuti tsogolo linkaoneka ngati lopambana ndi Marathon Motor Works la Nashville, zomwe zinali m'mbuyo mwazithunzi sizinali zovuta.
Mu 1913 William Collier anapereka milandu ya oyang'anira osayenera komanso opereka ndalama sanalipira. Kampaniyo yamuwona atatu apurezidenti zaka zinayi. Kupyolera muchuma choipa ndi zosankha zoyendetsa, kampaniyo inali yovuta ndalama. Kupanga ku Nashville kunatha mu 1914. Magetsi onse adagulidwa ndi Indiana Automakers, The Herf Brothers, omwe adatulutsa galimoto kwa chaka china ku Indianapolis, dzina lake Herf-Brooks. Sidziwika kuti Marathons angati anapangidwa, ngakhale kuti zitsanzo zisanu ndi zitatu zokha zimadziwika kuti zilipo lero.
Nyumba ya Marathon ya Nashville inakhala yotseguka, ndipo gulu la mafupa linapereka zigawo mpaka 1918. Nyumbayo inakhala yopanda ntchito mpaka 1922 pamene idagulidwa ndi Werthan Bag Company ndipo kenako inadzaza makina a phukusi la thonje. Southern Engine and Boiler Works Company ku Jackson adalimbikitsanso gawo lake la mavuto azachuma. Mu 1917 kampaniyo inagulitsidwa kwa munthu wochokera ku Cleveland Ohio.
Mu 1918 mphero yopatsana magawo idagulitsidwa ndikudziwika kuti Southern Supply Company.
Mu 1922 mbali zotsala za kampani ina yomwe idalipo kale idagulidwa ndi wina aliyense koma William H. Collier; yemwe anagwira ntchito Southern Engine ndi Boiler Works mpaka itatha kwathunthu mu 1926.Barry Walker; Munthu wina wa ku Jackson adagula nyumba za Marathon ku Nashville mu 1990. Iye adapezanso nyumba za Southern Engine ndi Boiler Works ku Jackson.Tennessee Anasiya ntchito yopanga magalimoto mpaka kufika ku Nissan Motors (Smyrna) mu 1981 ndipo kenako Saturn Corp. ( Spring Hill) mu 1985. Masiku ano zopanga zogwirira ntchito ndizo 10 malonda akuluakulu ku Tennessee.