In the early 1960’s, Marlan Jamison and his wife, Shirley, decided
they needed a building for their custom hay harvesting business, so he
designed and fabricated clear-span steel truss frames from oil field
pipe and ordered sheet metal and trim from a component supplier. The
project went well and shortly thereafter, several businesses in the
area decided they also needed a building and asked Marlan to build one
for them, just like the one he did for himself. Soon, fabricating and
installing buildings for the local ag industry crowded out any time
for custom hay harvesting. That was the start of Quinter Manufacturing
& Construction in 1962. Now in his upper 80s, Marlan is retired
but still visits the business daily to keep everyone in line. He is
honored to leave behind the legacy of a family-owned business with
strong Christian values.