Twin grails that changed U.S. history—a pair of steel, moldboard plows crafted in the flesh by the hands of John Deere and bought directly from the American titan’s Illinois shop in 1839 and 1840—sit ...

You spot them everywhere: John Deere machines. That bright green color catches the eye, but there is another detail that raises some eyebrows about the company; John Deere hailed from Rutland, making ...

Tradition holds that this plow, held in the Smithsonian collections, is one of the first three plows that John Deere personally forged. National Museum of American History In 1837 in an Illinois ...

Walking around the exhibits at Farmfest last week, I had a "Wait, what?" moment. Amid its usual collection of giant John Deere combines and tractors, farm dealer Kibble Equipment had an ordinary plow ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. John Deere failed as a blacksmith in ...

When John Deere picked up a broken bandsaw blade at an Illinois mill, brushed away the sawdust, and carted home the steel in 1837, he set agricultural revolution in motion via industrial scale ...

John Deere, the man, was born in Rutland, Vermont, on February 7, 1804. His boyhood was spent in and around a number of rural communities, where he received a basic education in the small schoolhouses ...