Born in Rutland, Vermont, he became a blacksmith in Grand Detour, Illinois, but sold out to his partner, Major Leonard Andrus, and moved to Moline.
Born in Rutland, Vermont, he became a blacksmith in Grand Detour, Illinois, but sold out to his partner, Major Leonard Andrus, and moved to Moline. In Moline, he began using imported English steel to make plows better suited to the soils of the prairie. For 10 points, what inventor's name is attached to a major US manufacturer of farm equipment?
Born in Rutland, Vermont, he became a blacksmith in Grand Detour, Illinois, but sold out to his partner, Major Leonard Andrus, and moved to Moline.
John {Deere}