John Deere (inventor)
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John Deere was an American blacksmith, businessman, inventor and politician. He founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction-equipment manufacturers in the wor
John Deere portrait
Early John Deere plow, c. 1845, made in Grand Detour, Illinois, displayed at The Henry Ford Museum
The John Deere House in Grand Detour, Illinois, built 1836
A monument in Middlebury, Vermont marking the shop in the town where John Deere learned the blacksmith trade
John Deere House
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The John Deere House is a historic building located in Moline, Illinois, United States. The house, which is associated with industrialist John Deere, sits on the edge of a high bluff overlooking the M
John Deere (inventor)
…years but due to chest pains and dysentery Deere refused to run for a second term. In 1875, he acquired, expanded and modernized the house now known as John Deere House. He died at home, named by him Red Cliff, on May 17, 1886, at the age of 82. Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. (1984). John Deere's Company…
John Deere Mansion Moline