The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early ...

Hear the story of how Heinrich Johann Herickhoff became Henry John, proud to be an American, with his John Deere collection ...

Learn about the history of John Deere newsprint advertisements, and see how these ads reflect the company's own manufacturing ...

Learn about the history of the hay press, with a special focus on those presses that went to work before engines were a common sight on farms.

12498 14th Ave. N. Haney, B.C., Canada The Bryan light steam tractor was made about 1920, until depression days in 1933 when lots of good companies folded up. This tractor was made by the Bryan ...

The Port Huron Longfellow owned and reconditioned by Elmer Heiland of Anna, Ohio. This was taken at their Reunion last year. The engine is perfect in condition and looks. The question is often asked ...

After being at the scene of the bridge accident in 1882 and told about the boiler explosion in 1884, what indescribable thing was there about a steam engine which caused me to have a desire to operate ...