Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Haynes- Apperson Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Kokomo, Indiana from 1896 to 1905. It was the first automobile manufacturer in Indiana, and among the first in the United States. Elwood Haynes, one of the founders, was the inventor of stainless steel and stellite, and many of the early advances in automobile technology were first invented by the company.