Livestock and machinery filled 1840s fairgrounds
How about that Dodge Ram ad at the Super Bowl? It’s not often that the advantages and benefits of farming are placed before such...
Building a car in Butler County, Pennsylvania
I had a real treat this past August at the Northeast Pennsylvania Steam Engine and Old Equipment Association show in Portersville, Pennsylvania.
Several times in...
The evolution of the sawmill industry
Since their early days, American sawmills have come a long way.
Honking mad: How the car horn came to be
Although we are used to the sound of warning signals on vehicles today, we weren't always. Same Moore shares the history and development of the car horn.
The tales of skunks and the relief when they leave
The Rusty Iron business is a little slow this week, so I'll play Scott Shalaway and tell you a nature tale that I call...
A lesson in belts and their importance to machines
People sometimes ask about flat belts. A belt can be defined as being a continuous strip of some flexible material placed around two pulleys...
The Lincoln Highway has come a long way
With town by town descriptions, The Complete Official Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway, published in 1916, gives background information and other tidbits about the famous route.
Bonanza farms were a huge undertaking
Spring planting had to be completed quickly to take advantage of the best seeding time and to avoid a big variation in the time the crop was ready to cut.
Lincoln Highway stretches across country
The Complete Official Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway gives background, describes the route, and gives traveler tips and a cross-country trip supply list.
Of early tractor companies, few survived
During the years of World War I and after, at least until the severe agricultural depression of 1921, tractor manufacturers and wannabes, as well as not a few charlatans who only hoped to sell stock in non-existent tractor companies, were thick on the ground, especially in the Midwest.
