Visiting the truck and tractor museum
Sam Moore recounts a recent visit to the Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum just north of Petersburg, Virginia.
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.
The ‘Lazy Farmer’ relished his greens
The Song of the Lazy Farmer was featured in The Michigan Farmer.
What was making news in America in 1939
October 1939: Poland was desperately fighting the German Wehrmacht in the west and the Red Army in the east, vestiges of the Great Depression lingered in this country, FDR was well into his 2nd term as President and your author was in his second month of 1st grade at Court School, a one-roomed frame building in western Pennsylvania.
The stories behind the automobiles of yesteryear
One of the more interesting characters during the early days of automobiles was Floyd Clymer. In these days of “helicopter moms,” his exploits while...
A little engine can go a long way, with determination
In a 1917 issue of Gas Review magazine is the following story by a proud papa:
“Our boy wanted a gasoline engine, talked about it...
Strite tractors once had a storied history
One of the many forgotten pioneers of the fledgling tractor industry was George T. Strite.
Barbed wire’s history entangled in war
Probably the first patent for a form of barbed wire was issued to Leonce Grassin-Baledans in 1860 in France during World War I.
Avery 5-10 Model B is little, steel-wheeled
Rated at 5-10 HP, the little Avery 5-10 Model B was just 50 inches wide, 54 inches high, 135 inches long and weighed 2,600 pounds.
Early U.S. tourists write of Hudson River steam travel
I've been reading about how people traveled long distances during the early decades of the 19th century before the development of the railroads.
