Author: rebecca

It doesn’t matter what shape your antique rig is in, you’re still going to show it off to your buddies. You’ve put countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears into that old… Read more

In 1908, Otto Zachow, A blacksmith and car dealer in Clintonville, Wisconsin built a passenger car which drove through both front and rear wheels. He found that this gave much better traction… Read more

When it was first marketed in 1910, Chero-Cola was just one of many cola-flavored soft drinks that had emerged in the wake of Coca-Cola’s success. Although most people today have never heard of Chero-Cola,…

In 1874, J. R. Bowman of Clinton County, Illinois, headed west to St. Louis, where he established a dairy marketing business called J. R. Bowman & Co. In 1885, Bowman entered the… Read more

C.O. Livingston had operated a bus line in Columbus before he founded the moving company in 1948. Cliff, his son, joined the business in 1957 and drove moving trucks throughout the Southeastern region; he… Read more