The history of American girl dolls By Katelynmitchell972007 1986 Pleasent company is founded Pleasent company was the old founder of American girl 1986 Pleasent company put out it’s first issue of the American girl catalog 1992 Pleasent company published its first American Girl magazine 1995 Truly me dolls were created Expect back then they were called just like you dolls 1998 Mattel inc bought pleasent company That is the company that owns them now 1999 The American Girl website launches 2001 the girl of the year comes out 2003 the American girl doll store opens in New York 2016 the ag rewards program is launched 2016 well wishers are created