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U.S. Territories
Arizona and Idaho organized as U.S.Territories and West Virginia becomes a U.S. state. -
Henry Ford is born
Henry Ford was born in Greenfield Township, Michigan on July 30, 1863. His parents William Ford and Mary Litogot Ford both were big supporters in the Ford Motor Company. -
Triple Allience
Triple Allience, Germany, Austria, and Italy, renewed for 12 years. -
Henry Ford gets married
On April 11,1888, Henry Ford marries Clara Bryant. There wedding was in Clara's parents house. In November 1893 there son Edsel was born. -
Quadricycle
When Henry got into the car buisness he 1st started by building a quadricycle. He expiremented with them at the Edison Company. Finally he put one in a "car" and it worked. -
Financial Investors
After Ford created his company investors came and invested in his company. They must of made a lot of money because Fords company made twice what all the other companys made because of his assembly line. -
Henry Ford partners with Alexander Malconson
Henry needed a partner with expirence in the buisness. Together they both created a working model car and made tons of money. -
Car sales
1st car sold! His Model T that he designed with his partners was finally bought after all of those models. Henry was making a big profit with his assembly line idea. -
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb begins his Major League Baseball careernwith the Detroit Tigers. -
Past models for Model T
From 1903-1908 Henry Ford designs models: A, B, AC, C, F, K, N, R, and S. In 1908 they produced the Model T car that was the first car on their assembly lines. -
World Seris
The Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 in the World Seris -
Model T introduced
On October 1, 1908 Henry Ford came out with the 1 model of the Model T. After all the years of them trying to come up with ideas and designs for there car they finally got it on Oct 1, 1908. -
WWI
WWI: German airships bomb East Anglian Ports. -
River Rouge Factory
The River Rouge factory begins full scale automotive production. Sience there company was growing so fast they wanted to expand. They bought a huge factory and called it the River Rouge Factory. -
U.S. Golf Assotiation
The U.S.G.A. Amatur Open Championship is won by Ted Bishop. -
Death of Henry Ford
Henry Ford dies in Fair Lane, MI. His son Edsel Ford inherites the company and becomes the new owner. Some people (including my grampa) thinks that Edsel Ford ran the company better than his dad.
