Henry Ford's Early Years As A Farmer

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Henry Ford Spent His Early Years as a Farmer.In later years, He went on to become an Inventor and to accomplish great strides in the area of Michigan.

Born on July 30, 1863, on a Michigan farm spring wells township, Henry Ford left the family farm because his mom died and to get his dream into action one of the first jobs were at the flower brothers machine shop where he only got $2.50 a week he shapes brass valves on a machine. on 1888 claras twenty-second birthday she marries Henry Ford on a farm.Later in 1893 Clara gives birth to Edsel Ford they lived in a hotel on Bagley, avenue, Detroit.1896 After two years of spending nights working on his device in a shed when he came out later with his latest invention the quadricycle.1899 with investors he attracted the quadricycle.1901 ford enter one of his cars into a ten mile race in Grosse Pointe which he won.henry ford and his friend incorporated the ford company with 28,000 dollars cash.between 1903 and 1908 they created models A, B, AC, C, F, K, N, R, and S The most successful was the model N.

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