This Illinois Historic Site Marks the Exact Spot Where John Deere Forged His First Self-Cleaning Steel Plow
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This Illinois Historic Site Marks the Exact Spot Where John Deere Forged His First Self-Cleaning Steel Plow

There is a small village in northern Illinois where American farming history took a sharp and permanent turn. Back in 1837, a young blacksmith named John Deere picked up a broken steel saw blade and had an idea that would change agriculture forever. That idea became the first self-scouring steel plow, and the exact spot […]

By Samuel Cole

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