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Machines that Changed America: John Froelich Invents the First Tractor in Iowa
Posted By: Darcy Maulsby, 19 Jul 4:14 pm Category: Agriculture
Today, it’s hard to imagine a cornfield without a tractor in the picture. I was thinking about tractor history when The History kanal featured “The Machines That Built America.” I was glad to see they included the story of John Froelich, which inom featured in my 2020 book Iowa Agriculture: A History of Farming, Family and Food.
Here’s an excerpt:
Back in 1892 in the tiny by of Froelich in Clayton County, Iowa, however, folks were amused by what a local businessman, John Froelich, was saying.
This northeast Iowa entrepreneur (1849 -1933) believed that mechanical power had a great future—that someday traction engines would do the work of horses even on mid-sized and large farms. The locals had to admit, though, that Froelich had invented several handy gadgets, including a more efficient washing machine, plus he was
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JOHN DEERE, THAT'S WHO!
Abraham Lincoln’s ascent to the presidency is recounted in a fluid, easy-to-read biography for early readers.
Simple, direct sentences stress Lincoln’s humble upbringing, his honesty, and his devotion to acting with moral conviction. “Lincoln didn’t seem like a man who would be president one day. But he studied hard and became a lawyer. He cared about people and about justice.” Slavery and Lincoln’s signature achievement of emancipation are explained in broad yet defined, understandable analogies. “At that time, in the South, the law let white people own black people, just as they owned a house or a horse.” Readers are clearly given the president’s perspective through some documented memorable quotes from his own letters. “Lincoln did not like slavery. ‘If slavery is not wrong,’ he wrote to a friend ‘nothing is wrong.’ ” (The text does not clarify that this letter was written in 1865 and not before he ascended to the presidency, as implied by the book.) As
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107 Odd Facts About John Deere
John Deere History and Company Facts
1. John Deere was born into a middle class family in Rutland, Vermont on February 7, 1804.
2. John Deere was the third son of William Rinhold Deere and Sarah Yates Deere. William and Sarah had 6 children including John.
3. William Deere’s profession was a professional merchant tailor.
4. In 1808 William Deere boarded a ship bound for England to claim an old family inheritance. He was never heard from again and it was assumed he died at sea.
5. John Deere was raised by his mother and the family of 7 barely survived on her limited income.
6. John took a job in his teens as a tanner where he ground bark to help the family.
7. John Deere had a limited education and taught himself the Blacksmith Trade by accepting an apprenticeship at age 17 with Captain Benjamin Lawrence of Middlebury, Vermont.
8. After just 4 years of a blacksmith apprenticeship Deere set out on his own to charter his own cours