Development of Industry
in the
Midwest

Learn about the man who created plows and farm equipment that helped the Midwest develop into farm lands.

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John Deere helped the farmers prepare their land for planting.

The life of Henry Ford from the Henry Ford Museum.

A timeline from 1903 to 1991 that shows the development of the Ford Motor Company.

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Henry Ford helped develop the automobile.

A timeline of the Green Giant Company from 1903-1999.  This Midwest company has provided vegetables for us for 100 years.

The importance of milling lumber and wheat to the development of Minneapolis.

A brief biography of John Pillsbury who founded Pillsbury Mill to grind wheat.

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Cyrus McCormick helped farmers harvest their crops.

The history of the development of the famous cereal company and their founder, Will Keith Kellogg.

A biography of Will Keith Kellogg, the inventor of Kellogg's Corn Flakes.  Links to other sites about Kellogg and the Kellogg Company.

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Wallace Carothers invented nylon.

A history of the Franklin Motor Car and it's inventor John Wilkinson and it's manufacturer H. H. Franklin.