Henry Ford
Founder of the Ford Motor Company
Timeline of Henry Ford's life:
- 1863 - Born in Greenfield Township, Michigan
- 1888 - Married Clara Jane Bryant
- 1891 - Became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company
- 1893 - Promoted to Chief Engineer
- 1896 - Completed a self-propelled vehicle, the Ford Quadricycle
- 1896 - Introduced to Thomas Edison who encouraged Ford to design and build a second vehicle
- 1898 - Completed the second vehicle
- 1899 - Founded the Detroit Automobile Company
- 1901 - Dissolved the Detroit Automobile Company
- 1901 - Designed, built, and successfully raced a 26-horsepower automobile in October with the help of C. Harold Wills
- 1908 - Introduced the Model T on October 1
- 1913 - Ford set up the first automobile assembly line, and the cars were made faster and cheaper than ever
- 1918 - Henry Ford set out for the U.S. Senate, but he was turned down
- 1921 - By 1921, Ford Motor Company was putting out more than 55% of the cars in the country
- 1926 - Ford decided to focus his efforts on more than just cars, and he ended up with an airplane called the Tri-Motor plane
- 1932 - Henry Ford successfully put out his first V-8 engine. It was the V-8 Ford
- 1941 - In spite of his earlier attempts to keep the company out of the union, Ford Motor Company joined UAW in 1941
- 1947 - Henry died in his home at the age of 83. He was a dedicated, hard worker who used his ideas to change America
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."