When I saw this plow it was about 30 feet from the American History Museum’s Constitution Avenue entrance, on the right-hand side, in a display case of artifacts. To the immediate left of the plow was ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Feb. 7, 2004, bicentennial of John Deere’s birth passed quietly in his native Rutland. Likewise in Middlebury, where he got his start as a blacksmith, it was marked as a footnote rather than a ...

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 ...

"Today John Deere is remembered - some say mistakenly - as the inventor of the steel plow. Who was this legendary man and how did he create the internationally renowned company that still bears his ...

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To most people with even a passing interest in modern machinery, the name John Deere will immediately bring to mind an image of that yellow leaping deer against a green background, just as quickly as ...