West Bend Transit’s history began in 1911 when two cousins Henry P. and Henry E. Schloemer became business partners and formed West Bend Drayage Company with three teams of horses. By 1916 the Federal Government had begun building new roads and the Standard Oil Company introduced its first “Gas Station”. It is also the year that West Bend Drayage bought their first truck. With a truck instead of a team of horses, West Bend Drayage was able to make a daily trip from West Bend WI, to Milwaukee WI. It took all day to make the trip and was only done during the summer months. When the state built the first highway between West Bend, and Milwaukee, West Bend Drayage was able to make the trip year round. In 1921 West Bend Drayage became West Bend Transit and Service Company, and 95 years later we are servicing Wisconsin, Minneapolis MN, and Chicago IL. The Schloemer family still owns and manages West Bend Transit & Service Company, and is proud that our business has survived and thrived through four generations.