Da yake a cikin garin Nashville, kawai a kusa da Interstate 65, masu tafiya suna wucewa ta hanyar rukuni na gine-ginen da ke ba da ƙananan ƙididdiga ga abin da suka wuce. Barry Walker, wanda ke da ginin gine-ginen, yana da nisa, yana maida gine-ginen zuwa ga daukaka.
An gina gine-ginen a 1881 a matsayin "The Phoenix Cotton Mill" wanda aka fi sani da Nashville Cotton Mill. By 1910 ginin ya bace.
Rawanin hankali a Jackson Tennessee, wata masana'antun masana'antu ta fara a 1874 a karkashin sunan; Sherman Manufacturing Company, daga bisani ya sayar da sunan "Engineering Engine and Workshop". An kafa su ne a shekara ta 1884, suna samar da motar gas da masu shayarwa.
A shekara ta 1904, sun zama mafi yawan masana'antun irin su, a cikin kasar. Gina kan nasarar nasarar injunansu, da wadata da kamfanonin su, a 1906 Kudancin fara samar da motoci na farko, wanda injiniyan William H. Collier ya tsara.
A shekara ta 1910 wasu motoci 600 aka samar a karkashin sunan sunan Southerns.
Kasuwancin Kasuwanci da Kasuwanci na Gine-ginen Aiki tare da motoci sun kama hankalin mai arzikin Nashville Businessman, Augustus H. Robinson, wanda ya tara rukuni na masu zuba jarurruka da suka sayi motocin motar da kuma sake shi zuwa gidan ginin Phoenix Cotton Mill.
An koyi cewa wani mai sana'a yana samar da motoci mai suna Southern, don haka William Collier ya sake suna motocinsa "Marathon" don girmama gasar Olympics ta 1904.
Lokacin da aka sake sake ginawa, Marathon ya fadada layinsa daga asalin A9 Touring Car, da kuma B9 Rumble seat Roadster. A shekara ta 1913 aka ba da misalin biyar, kuma tun 1913 sun karu zuwa nau'i 12. Mota ta kasance cikakkiyar nasara tare da jama'a, kuma samarwar ba ta da wuya a cike da bukatar.
Marathon yana da masu sayarwa a kowane gari mai girma a Amurka; ta hanyar 1912 sun sami damar samar da motoci 200 motoci a kowane wata, tare da tsare-tsare na shekara 10,000.
Kodayake makomar ta zama mai haske ga Marathon Motor Works, abin da ya faru a bayan al'amuran ba shi da kyau.
A shekarar 1913 William Collier ya yi zargin cewa ba a biya shi ba. Kamfanin ya ga shugabanni uku a cikin shekaru hudu. Ta hanyar zuba jari mai kyau da kuma yanke shawara, kamfanin ya kasance cikin kudi. Aikin Nashville ya daina shekara ta 1914. Dukkanin kayan da aka samu daga Indiana Automakers, The Herf Brothers, suka sayi mota har wata shekara a Indianapolis, karkashin sunan Herf-Brooks. Ba a san yadda yawancin Marathon da aka samar ba, kodayake samfurori takwas ne kawai aka sani su wanzu a yau.
Cibiyar Marathon ta Nashville ta kasance a bude, tare da ma'aikatan kwarangwal samar da sassan har zuwa 1918. Gidan ya zauna a sarari har zuwa 1922 lokacin da kamfanin Werthan Bag ya saya shi sannan daga bisani ya cika da kayan aiki na masana'antar kaya a ciki. ya kuma jimre wa raunin kuɗin kudi. A 1917 an sayar da kamfanin zuwa Cleveland Ohio.
A shekara ta 1918 an sayar da kaya a kasuwar kuma an san shi da Kamfanin Kamfanonin Kasuwanci na Kudu.
A shekara ta 1922 sauran sassan sauran kamfanonin da aka saya su ne kawai William H. Collier; wanda ke sarrafa kudancin injiniya da tukunyar jirgi yana aiki har sai ya kammala a 1926.Barry Walker; wani dan kabilar Jackson wanda ya sayi gine-ginen Marathon na Nashville a shekara ta 1990. Ya kuma sami gine-ginen injunan Gine-gine na Kasuwanci a Jackson.Tennessee Ya bar kamfanin kasuwanci har zuwa lokacin da Nissan Motors (Smyrna) ya dawo a 1981 da kuma Saturn Corp. ( Spring Hill) a 1985. Yau masana'antu na zamani shine 10th most masana'antu a Tennessee.