Snapper has a long and proud heritage dating back to the late 1800s. The company began in Georgia in 1894 as the Southern Saw Works, providing products for the lumber industry. But in the 1940s, with the housing boom that followed World War II, lawns began replacing thousands of acres of Georgia pines. That’s when William Smith, owner of  Southern Saw, purchased the patents of Snappin’ Turtle Mowers of Florida and began producing lawn mowers. His revolutionary mower featured a rotary blade design and is considered by many to be the first rotary mower ever produced.