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