John Deere not just a company name

Phyllis Coulter
Dec 22, 2021
Dec 22, 2021 Updated Dec 23, 2021

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A replica of the 1837 John Deere plow in the blacksmith shop at the John Deere Historic Site in Grand Detour in Illinois.

Photo courtesy John Deere

John Deere is shown in an 1856 advertising poster.

Photo courtesy John Deere

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Phyllis Coulter

Editor’s note: This is part of a series on ag equipment inventors past and present.

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John Deere in the early 1870s, probably during his tenure as the mayor of Moline.
Photo courtesy John Deere

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