In July of 1975, Ernie Williams, Ltd. acquired the Harley-Davidson franchise to join its John Deere lawn mower line and thus started the Lawn & Leisure division of Ernie Williams, Ltd.

Remodeling of the facility was commonplace, but our first addition to the building happened in 1996, along with a major remodeling.

John Deere mowers and Harley-Davidson® motorcycles were sold side by side until June of 2002, when the growth of Harley-Davidson was too much to house both lines in the same facility. That was the end of Lawn & Leisure. Now we are known as Ernie's Harley-Davidson

In 2003, to accommodate the needs of our customers and commemorate the 100th anniversary of Harley-Davidson, the replica of the 1903 H-D building was built, along with needed restrooms.

In 2005, we expanded our service department and moved it to the building next door to allow us to handle the next several decades. This expansion also included more showroom space to connect the original building to the new service building.

2007 brought a new chapter to Ernie's Harley Davidson with the start of construction of a second location in Okoboji. Okoboji Harley-Davidson opened in February of 2008 and has some of the familiar faces from Algona and many new employees to meet.

Please stop in and say "Hello" at both of our stores. We'll be glad to see you!