retail founded 1927 by leo and kathryn theisen headquarters dubuque iowa usa products clothing footwear housewares lawn & garden farm equipment automotive sporting goods hunting fishing toys . website www.theisens.com theisen s is a regional retail chain of 20 stores in iowa and 2 stores in wisconsin . the company headquarters are in dubuque iowa . theisen s stores sell hunting and fishing equipment appliances houseware automotive goods apparel household hardware lawn and garden supplies paint pet supplies sporting goods farm supplies livestock feed and tools . history edit theisen s was founded in 1927 as theisen battery & electric by leo and kathryn theisen and was located on 8th street in downtown dubuque iowa . in 1948 the company became the theisen o neill tire company before being known as theisen distributing and then assumed its current name of theisen supply inc. initially based in dubuque with one store the company opened a second store in maquoketa iowa in 1957 . during the 1960s and 1970s the company opened additional stores in anamosa dyersville tipton dewitt and monticello . in 1979 theisen s left the 8th street store moving the retail operation to its current location on dodge street us route 20 . in recent years the company has expanded to new locations such as marshalltown charles city and cedar rapids relocated several stores to larger facilities and built an addition on to the dubuque store . 1 references edit theisen s about us . theisen supply inc. archived from the original on 2008 02 17 . retrieved 2008 03 30 . external links edit theisen s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title theisen % 27s & oldid 686491949 categories farm and ranch supply stores of the united statesretail companies established in 1927companies based in iowaeconomy of dubuque 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 19 october 2015 at 12 53 . 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