Tag: history
McCormick’s reaper revolutionized farming
Find out how Cyrus H. McCormick developed the reaper and revolutionized grain farming in the 1800s.
Looking back on how it all got started
Sam Moore pens his last column, looking back on the very first Rusty Iron column he ever wrote in 1992.
Moving from horses to motorized vehicles
A tale of how Doctor Carlos Booth, a physician from Youngstown, Ohio, became the first physician in America to make house calls in a motor vehicle.
Malabar Farm commemorates barn raising
On the 25th anniversary of the barn raising, Malabar Farm Officials and Christian had a workshop to build another, smaller traditional timber frame.
Early 1900s: When the Navy ran a dairy farm
Did you know that for about 80 years, the United States Navy was in the dairy farm business, and for several decades even operated a hog farm?
Visiting the truck and tractor museum
Sam Moore recounts a recent visit to the Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum just north of Petersburg, Virginia.
Flashback: Military convoy rolls through Ohio in 2009
Last week a convoy of restored military vehicles rolled through Salem, Ohio, inspiring Sam Moore to dust off and rerun a column he wrote 10 years ago.
Journey across America: Cross-country military vehicle convoy marks 100 years
The 2019 Military Vehicle Preservation Association’s Lincoln Highway Convoy went through Alliance Aug. 15. The convoy will go to San Francisco, California.
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.
Everything old is new(ish) again
Kymberly Foster Seabolt uncovers some relics from her past in an old steamer trunk while cleaning BoyWonder's bedroom.
