Showing posts with label Henry Ford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henry Ford. Show all posts
Saturday, June 6, 2026

Dodge Brothers Stand Up To Henry Ford

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Automobile pioneers John and Horace Dodge John Francis Dodge [October 25, 1864 - January 14, 1920] and Horace Elgin Dodge [May 17, 1868 - De...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Great Migration North to Detroit

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In what was the largest internal migration of any group in American history, the Great Migration saw six million African Americans migra...
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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Ford Tri-Motor Pioneers Commercial Flight

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Restored Ford Tri-Motor In today's jetsetter world, commercial air travel is taken for granted by most people, but in the 1920s the aero...
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Saturday, August 3, 2024

Hoarders Henry and Clara B. Ford

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Clara B. and Henry Ford After Mrs. Clara Bryant Ford died at the age of eighty-four on September 29, 1950, lawyers, executors, and archivist...
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Saturday, June 8, 2024

Willow Run Bomber Plant Changes Ypsilanti Forever

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Original Three-story Ypsilanti Depot Station. At the turn of the century , before the second World War, Ypsilanti had an active down...
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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Detroit Tobacco Industry Once Known as the Tampa of the North

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The following is a guest post researched and written by Mark Lawrence Gade, a Michigan State University graduate and Detroit his...
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Friday, March 11, 2022

The Ford V-8 Gives G-Men Run For Their Money

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Henry Ford with his Miracle V-8 Engine--1932 Midway through the 1927 Model T year, Henry Ford announced he was shutting down operations in 2...