Faribault Woolen Mill Company is the last "Fully Vertical" Woolen Mill in this country; which means the mill provides ALL Functions to change raw fiber into Woven Blankets.  In addition to its Hallmark, Wool Blankets, Faribault also offers Cotton Blankets and Ingeo Corn Fiber Blankets to help keep America warm in a Quality Way.

Today Faribault produces more than half of the New Wool Blankets Made in this Country!  Faribault Woolen Mills history begins in 1865 when Carl H. Klemer, a German cabinet-maker, came to Minnesota.  He bought a used horse-powered machine and started Custom Carding Wool.  Business grew and soon he also added a Steam Engine, Spinning Jennies and Looms.  Mr. Klemer also began producing Cloth, Flannel Sheeting and Blankets.  At the time, woolen mills were common fixtures in larger communities and Faribault was one of approximately 800 in the Central United States. Today it is one of three.

In 1867 the mill had expanded to include a 5-horsepower Steam Engine and 2 employees.  By 1877 product diversification had begun with the introduction of Wool Sheets, the fore-runner to "Faribo" Blankets.  Nearing 1900 some 30 employees manufactured and sold the mill’s line of Yarns, Flannels and by this time, blankets.  In 1913 Carl Klemer brought in a partner by the name of Edward Johnson.

Faribault Woolen Mill Company provides all the functions to change raw wool into Woven Bed Blankets. Such functions are: Dyeing, Carding, Spinning, Weaving, Napping and Finishing, all Carefully Executed under One Roof.