private founded 1900 headquarters osage iowa united states products socks website http www.foxsox.com fox river mills inc. is a sock manufacturer based in osage iowa . the company was founded in 1900 . 1 in 1992 they purchased the nelson knitting company of rockford illinois and in the process acquired the trademark on the red heel socks used to make sock monkeys . 2 fox river mills includes instructions for making a sock monkey in every packet of red heel socks . 3 fox river mills is also known for their odor controlling x static sock liners 4 and their line of organic wool socks . 5 references edit rose apodaca . the agony of da feet . los angeles times . november 19 1993 . view 1 . fiona morgan . still life with monkeys . independent weekly . september 27 2006 . 34 . david nammany . sock monkey mania fox river mills featured in new book about sock made critters . globe gazette . april 24 2007 . retrieved on september 29 2008 . annette mcgivney . fox river x static sock liners . backpacker . april 1999 . 87 . associated press . iowa company launches organic socks . cbs news . december 11 2005 . retrieved on september 29 2008 . external links edit fox river mills home page one percent for the planet retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fox river mills & oldid 734097939 categories clothing companies of the united statescompanies based in iowacompanies established in 1900hosiery brandssocks1900 establishments in iowaosage iowa navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 03 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view