Grand Detour, Illinois

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THE EARLY 1800'S WERE A TOUGH TIME ECONOMICALLY FOR A CERTAIN BLACKSMITH IN VERMONT. TIME ECONOMICALLY FOR A CERTAIN BLACKSMITH IN VERMONT. HE HAD LOST TWO SHOPS TO FIRE, BLACKSMITH IN VERMONT. HE HAD LOST TWO SHOPS TO FIRE, DEATH DEBTS WERE BEGINNING TO HE HAD LOST TWO SHOPS TO FIRE, DEATH DEBTS WERE BEGINNING TO PILE UP, THE ECONOMY WAS DEATH DEBTS WERE BEGINNING TO PILE UP, THE ECONOMY WAS BEGINNING TO STALL, AND LAND PILE UP, THE ECONOMY WAS BEGINNING TO STALL, AND LAND VALUES WERE DROPPING. BEGINNING TO STALL, AND LAND VALUES WERE DROPPING. IN 1836 THAT SMITH LANDED VALUES WERE DROPPING. IN 1836 THAT SMITH LANDED SOMEWHERE ALONG HERE, ALONG THE IN 1836 THAT SMITH LANDED SOMEWHERE ALONG HERE, ALONG THE BANKS OF THE ROCK RIVER. SOMEWHERE ALONG HERE, ALONG THE BANKS OF THE ROCK RIVER. HE CAME ON THE ADVICE OF A BANKS OF THE ROCK RIVER. HE CAME ON THE ADVICE OF A FRIEND WHO HAD ARRIVED HERE HE CAME ON THE ADVICE OF A FRIEND WHO HAD ARRIVED HERE EARLIER WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT A HAD FRIEND WHO HAD ARRIVED HERE EARLIER WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT A HAD NEW TOWN THAT NEEDED A EARLIER WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT A HAD NEW TOWN THAT NEEDED A BLACKSMITH. REMEMBER THAT IN AN AGE BEFORE MANUFACTURING, EVERYTHING WAS MADE BY HAND. MANUFACTURING, EVERYTHING WAS MADE BY HAND. AND IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, MADE BY HAND. AND IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, THE BLACKSMITH WAS ESPECIALLY AND IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, THE BLACKSMITH WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR MAKING AND THE BLACKSMITH WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR MAKING AND REPAIRING FARMING IMPLEMENTS. IMPORTANT FOR MAKING AND REPAIRING FARMING IMPLEMENTS. HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. REPAIRING FARMING IMPLEMENTS. HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. NOT ONLY WILL THE BLACKSMITH HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. NOT ONLY WILL THE BLACKSMITH CHANGE THE METALS, BUT CHANGE NOT ONLY WILL THE BLACKSMITH CHANGE THE METALS, BUT CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF SOCIETY. CHANGE THE METALS, BUT CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF SOCIETY. THIS IS WHERE JOHN DEERE CAME TO THE LANDSCAPE OF SOCIETY. THIS IS WHERE JOHN DEERE CAME TO PROMINENCE. THIS IS WHERE JOHN DEERE CAME TO PROMINENCE. DEERE WENT TO WORK SOON AFTER PROMINENCE. DEERE WENT TO WORK SOON AFTER ARRIVING. DEERE WENT TO WORK SOON AFTER ARRIVING. ONE OF HIS FIRST CUSTOMERS WAS ARRIVING. ONE OF HIS FIRST CUSTOMERS WAS LEONARD ANDRES, FOUNDER OF THE ONE OF HIS FIRST CUSTOMERS WAS LEONARD ANDRES, FOUNDER OF THE LOCAL SAWMILL. LEONARD ANDRES, FOUNDER OF THE LOCAL SAWMILL. THAT MILL WAS OUT OF COMMISSION LOCAL SAWMILL. THAT MILL WAS OUT OF COMMISSION BECAUSE OF A BROKEN PITMAN SHAFT THAT MILL WAS OUT OF COMMISSION BECAUSE OF A BROKEN PITMAN SHAFT WHICH JOHN DEERE WAS ABLE TO BECAUSE OF A BROKEN PITMAN SHAFT WHICH JOHN DEERE WAS ABLE TO FOLKS. WHICH JOHN DEERE WAS ABLE TO FOLKS. MR. ANDRES WILL RETURN TO OUR FOLKS. MR. ANDRES WILL RETURN TO OUR STORY EARLIER. MR. ANDRES WILL RETURN TO OUR STORY EARLIER. AS HIS WORK INCREASED, JOHN STORY EARLIER. AS HIS WORK INCREASED, JOHN DEERE BECAME AWARE OF ANOTHER AS HIS WORK INCREASED, JOHN DEERE BECAME AWARE OF ANOTHER PRESSING PROBLEM. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, CONTINUAL DECAY AND BUILT-UP OF ARE ROOT SYSTEMS OF THE PRAIRIE CONTINUAL DECAY AND BUILT-UP OF ARE ROOT SYSTEMS OF THE PRAIRIE GRASSES AND FLOWERS CREATED SOME ARE ROOT SYSTEMS OF THE PRAIRIE GRASSES AND FLOWERS CREATED SOME OF THE RICHEST SOIL IN THE GRASSES AND FLOWERS CREATED SOME OF THE RICHEST SOIL IN THE WORLD, YET OPENING THAT SOIL UP OF THE RICHEST SOIL IN THE WORLD, YET OPENING THAT SOIL UP TO FARMING WAS A LABORIOUS TASK. WORLD, YET OPENING THAT SOIL UP TO FARMING WAS A LABORIOUS TASK. AT THAT TIME, PLOWS WERE MADE OF TO FARMING WAS A LABORIOUS TASK. AT THAT TIME, PLOWS WERE MADE OF CAST IRON AND THE MOLDBOARD AT THAT TIME, PLOWS WERE MADE OF CAST IRON AND THE MOLDBOARD EITHER OF THE SAME MATERIAL OR CAST IRON AND THE MOLDBOARD EITHER OF THE SAME MATERIAL OR WOOD. EITHER OF THE SAME MATERIAL OR WOOD. BOTH TYPES OF SURFACES WERE WOOD. BOTH TYPES OF SURFACES WERE ROUGH AND PITTED. BOTH TYPES OF SURFACES WERE ROUGH AND PITTED. UNLIKE THE SANDIER SOIL BACK IN ROUGH AND PITTED. UNLIKE THE SANDIER SOIL BACK IN NEW ENGLAND, THIS MIDWESTERN UNLIKE THE SANDIER SOIL BACK IN NEW ENGLAND, THIS MIDWESTERN GUMBO WITH WOULD STICK TO THE NEW ENGLAND, THIS MIDWESTERN GUMBO WITH WOULD STICK TO THE PLOWS AND MAKE A TOUGH JOB GUMBO WITH WOULD STICK TO THE PLOWS AND MAKE A TOUGH JOB ALMOST UNBEARABLE. PLOWS AND MAKE A TOUGH JOB ALMOST UNBEARABLE. FARMERS WOULD HAVE TO STOP EVERY ALMOST UNBEARABLE. FARMERS WOULD HAVE TO STOP EVERY FEW FEET TO SCRAPE OFF THE PLOW. FARMERS WOULD HAVE TO STOP EVERY FEW FEET TO SCRAPE OFF THE PLOW. IN FACT, SOME OF THEM BECAME SO FEW FEET TO SCRAPE OFF THE PLOW. IN FACT, SOME OF THEM BECAME SO DISCOURAGED, THEY JUST WENT BACK IN FACT, SOME OF THEM BECAME SO DISCOURAGED, THEY JUST WENT BACK EAST IN DISGUST. DISCOURAGED, THEY JUST WENT BACK EAST IN DISGUST. JOHN DEERE WAS ABLE TO GET FROM EAST IN DISGUST. JOHN DEERE WAS ABLE TO GET FROM MR. ANDRES, THE MILL OWNERS, A JOHN DEERE WAS ABLE TO GET FROM MR. ANDRES, THE MILL OWNERS, A BROKEN SAW BLADE OF FINEST MR. ANDRES, THE MILL OWNERS, A BROKEN SAW BLADE OF FINEST ENGLISH SPRINGFIELD. BROKEN SAW BLADE OF FINEST ENGLISH SPRINGFIELD. HE FASHIONED IT INTO A NEW PLOW ENGLISH SPRINGFIELD. HE FASHIONED IT INTO A NEW PLOW WHICH THE MOLD BOARD AND SHARE HE FASHIONED IT INTO A NEW PLOW WHICH THE MOLD BOARD AND SHARE WAS OF A SINGLE PIECE. WHICH THE MOLD BOARD AND SHARE WAS OF A SINGLE PIECE. E POLISHED THAT METAL INTO A WAS OF A SINGLE PIECE. E POLISHED THAT METAL INTO A HIGH SHINE. E POLISHED THAT METAL INTO A HIGH SHINE. AT A DEMONSTRATION, WITNESSES HIGH SHINE. AT A DEMONSTRATION, WITNESSES CLAIMED THEY COULD HEAR THE NEW AT A DEMONSTRATION, WITNESSES CLAIMED THEY COULD HEAR THE NEW PLOW SING THROUGH THE THICK SOIL CLAIMED THEY COULD HEAR THE NEW PLOW SING THROUGH THE THICK SOIL AS IT OPENED A FURROW. PLOW SING THROUGH THE THICK SOIL AS IT OPENED A FURROW. IN ADDITION TO BEING SELF AS IT OPENED A FURROW. IN ADDITION TO BEING SELF SCOURING, DEERE'S PLOW WAS LIGHT IN ADDITION TO BEING SELF SCOURING, DEERE'S PLOW WAS LIGHT ENOUGH TO BE PULLED BY SINGLE SCOURING, DEERE'S PLOW WAS LIGHT ENOUGH TO BE PULLED BY SINGLE HORSE INSTEAD OF A TEAM OF OXEN. ENOUGH TO BE PULLED BY SINGLE HORSE INSTEAD OF A TEAM OF OXEN. TODAY ON THE LAND WHERE HIS HORSE INSTEAD OF A TEAM OF OXEN. TODAY ON THE LAND WHERE HIS FIRST SHOP TODAY AND FIRST TODAY ON THE LAND WHERE HIS FIRST SHOP TODAY AND FIRST ILLINOIS HOME STILL STANDS IS FIRST SHOP TODAY AND FIRST ILLINOIS HOME STILL STANDS IS THE JOHN DEERE HISTORIC SITE. ARCHEOLOGISTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, EXPLORED THIS AREA TO ARCHEOLOGISTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, EXPLORED THIS AREA TO DETERMINE THE SITE OF DEERE'S ILLINOIS, EXPLORED THIS AREA TO DETERMINE THE SITE OF DEERE'S FIRST SHOP. DETERMINE THE SITE OF DEERE'S FIRST SHOP. WHAT THEY FOUND HAS BEEN FIRST SHOP. WHAT THEY FOUND HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN THIS BUILDING. WHAT THEY FOUND HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN THIS BUILDING. INSIDE, VISITORS CAN SEE WHAT PRESERVED IN THIS BUILDING. INSIDE, VISITORS CAN SEE WHAT WAS UNCOVERED, WHERE THE POST INSIDE, VISITORS CAN SEE WHAT WAS UNCOVERED, WHERE THE POST ONCE STOOD THAT OUTLINED THE WAS UNCOVERED, WHERE THE POST ONCE STOOD THAT OUTLINED THE WALLS AND WHERE HIS FORGE, AND, ONCE STOOD THAT OUTLINED THE WALLS AND WHERE HIS FORGE, AND, ANVIL WERE LOCATED. WALLS AND WHERE HIS FORGE, AND, ANVIL WERE LOCATED. ALSO THE ARTIFACTS WERE ALSO ANVIL WERE LOCATED. ALSO THE ARTIFACTS WERE ALSO FOUND. ALSO THE ARTIFACTS WERE ALSO FOUND. WITH CUSTOMERS INCREASINGS, FOUND. WITH CUSTOMERS INCREASINGS, DEERE TOOK AN UNUSUAL STEP FOR WITH CUSTOMERS INCREASINGS, DEERE TOOK AN UNUSUAL STEP FOR HIS TILE. DEERE TOOK AN UNUSUAL STEP FOR HIS TILE. HE BEGAN MAKING HIS PLOWS BEFORE HIS TILE. HE BEGAN MAKING HIS PLOWS BEFORE RECEIVING THE ORDERS, BUILDING HE BEGAN MAKING HIS PLOWS BEFORE RECEIVING THE ORDERS, BUILDING INVENTORY. RECEIVING THE ORDERS, BUILDING INVENTORY. TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED INVENTORY. TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED WORD LOAD, HE EXPANDED HIS SHOP. TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED WORD LOAD, HE EXPANDED HIS SHOP. ARCHEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED EVIDENCE WORD LOAD, HE EXPANDED HIS SHOP. ARCHEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF THAT ADDITION WHICH INCLUDED ARCHEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF THAT ADDITION WHICH INCLUDED A TREADMILL IN THE BACK FOR A OF THAT ADDITION WHICH INCLUDED A TREADMILL IN THE BACK FOR A HORSE. A TREADMILL IN THE BACK FOR A HORSE. THAT MILL TURNED THE LINE SHAFT HORSE. THAT MILL TURNED THE LINE SHAFT TO POWER THE BELLOWS AND THAT MILL TURNED THE LINE SHAFT TO POWER THE BELLOWS AND GRINDING WHEEL. TO POWER THE BELLOWS AND GRINDING WHEEL. A IT WAS HERE IN 1837 THAT JOHN GRINDING WHEEL. A IT WAS HERE IN 1837 THAT JOHN DEERE CREATED THE FIRST SELF A IT WAS HERE IN 1837 THAT JOHN DEERE CREATED THE FIRST SELF SCOURING STEEL PLOW, AND SIX DEERE CREATED THE FIRST SELF SCOURING STEEL PLOW, AND SIX YEARS LATER, HE WAS MAKING 400 SCOURING STEEL PLOW, AND SIX YEARS LATER, HE WAS MAKING 400 PLOWS A YEAR. YEARS LATER, HE WAS MAKING 400 PLOWS A YEAR. OH, AND THAT DEBT HE INCURRED PLOWS A YEAR. OH, AND THAT DEBT HE INCURRED BACK IN VERMONT, JOHN DEERE WENT OH, AND THAT DEBT HE INCURRED BACK IN VERMONT, JOHN DEERE WENT BACK AND PAID THEM OFF IN FULL. FROM THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG, THE MEASUREMENTS, BEAM PLACEMENTS AND LOCATION OF THE WORK AREAS MEASUREMENTS, BEAM PLACEMENTS AND LOCATION OF THE WORK AREAS WERE USED TO MAKE A REPLI CA OF AND LOCATION OF THE WORK AREAS WERE USED TO MAKE A REPLI CA OF DEERE'S FIRST SHOP. WERE USED TO MAKE A REPLI CA OF DEERE'S FIRST SHOP. INSIDE THAT RECREATION, VISITORS DEERE'S FIRST SHOP. INSIDE THAT RECREATION, VISITORS ARE TREATED TO A LIFE BLACKSMITH INSIDE THAT RECREATION, VISITORS ARE TREATED TO A LIFE BLACKSMITH DEMONSTRATION. ARE TREATED TO A LIFE BLACKSMITH DEMONSTRATION. A SMITH REFERS TO A PERSON WHO DEMONSTRATION. A SMITH REFERS TO A PERSON WHO WORKS WITH METALS. SO A A SMITH REFERS TO A PERSON WHO WORKS WITH METALS. SO A GOLDSMITH FASHIONS GOLD. WORKS WITH METALS. SO A GOLDSMITH FASHIONS GOLD. A SILVER SMITH FASHIONS SILVER. GOLDSMITH FASHIONS GOLD. A SILVER SMITH FASHIONS SILVER. BLACKSMITHS DERRIVE THEIR NAME A SILVER SMITH FASHIONS SILVER. BLACKSMITHS DERRIVE THEIR NAME FROM WORKING WITH BLACK IRON. BLACKSMITHS DERRIVE THEIR NAME FROM WORKING WITH BLACK IRON. FOR JOHN DEERE AND OTHERS, IT FROM WORKING WITH BLACK IRON. FOR JOHN DEERE AND OTHERS, IT WAS A PROFESSION THAT REQUIRED FOR JOHN DEERE AND OTHERS, IT WAS A PROFESSION THAT REQUIRED YEARS OF APPRENTICESHIP. THEY WOULD SIGN ON WITH THE MASTER SMITH FOR MEAGER PAY IN RETURN FOR LEARNING THE TRADE MASTER SMITH FOR MEAGER PAY IN RETURN FOR LEARNING THE TRADE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RETURN FOR LEARNING THE TRADE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN TOOLS. AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN TOOLS. AS THEIR SKILLS INCREASED, SO THEIR OWN TOOLS. AS THEIR SKILLS INCREASED, SO DID THEIR TOOL STOCK UNTIL AFTER AS THEIR SKILLS INCREASED, SO DID THEIR TOOL STOCK UNTIL AFTER FOUR YEARS, THEY WERE READY TO DID THEIR TOOL STOCK UNTIL AFTER FOUR YEARS, THEY WERE READY TO OPEN THEIR OWN SHOP. FOUR YEARS, THEY WERE READY TO OPEN THEIR OWN SHOP. A SMITH HAS 45 SECONDS TO WORK A OPEN THEIR OWN SHOP. A SMITH HAS 45 SECONDS TO WORK A PIECE OF METAL. A SMITH HAS 45 SECONDS TO WORK A PIECE OF METAL. WHILE IRON IS A CONDUCTOR OF PIECE OF METAL. WHILE IRON IS A CONDUCTOR OF HEAT, BECAUSE OF ITS DENSITY, IT WHILE IRON IS A CONDUCTOR OF HEAT, BECAUSE OF ITS DENSITY, IT DOES IT VERY SLOWLY. HEAT, BECAUSE OF ITS DENSITY, IT DOES IT VERY SLOWLY. I CAN ACTUALLY WORK A PIECE OF DOES IT VERY SLOWLY. I CAN ACTUALLY WORK A PIECE OF METAL FOR AWHILE WITHOUT WEARING I CAN ACTUALLY WORK A PIECE OF METAL FOR AWHILE WITHOUT WEARING A GLOVE. WORKING AT A SIMILAR FORGE AND USING TOOLS LIKE THESE, JOHN DEERE OPENED SIMILAR FORGE AND USING TOOLS LIKE THESE, JOHN DEERE OPENED THE PRAIRIE WITH HIS FIRST SELF LIKE THESE, JOHN DEERE OPENED THE PRAIRIE WITH HIS FIRST SELF SCOURING STEEL PLOW. THE PRAIRIE WITH HIS FIRST SELF SCOURING STEEL PLOW. OUTSIDE IS REPLI CA OF DEERE'S SCOURING STEEL PLOW. OUTSIDE IS REPLI CA OF DEERE'S FIRST PLOW. OUTSIDE IS REPLI CA OF DEERE'S FIRST PLOW. NOTICE THE MOLD BILLION BOARD FIRST PLOW. NOTICE THE MOLD BILLION BOARD AND SHARE WITH SINGLE PIECE, NOTICE THE MOLD BILLION BOARD AND SHARE WITH SINGLE PIECE, ALTHOUGH BACK THEN IT WAS AND SHARE WITH SINGLE PIECE, ALTHOUGH BACK THEN IT WAS POLISHED TO A HIGH GLEAN. ALTHOUGH BACK THEN IT WAS POLISHED TO A HIGH GLEAN. NEXT TO ARE SEVERAL ORIGINAL POLISHED TO A HIGH GLEAN. NEXT TO ARE SEVERAL ORIGINAL DEERE PLOWS SHOWING EVOLUTION OF NEXT TO ARE SEVERAL ORIGINAL DEERE PLOWS SHOWING EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN. DEERE PLOWS SHOWING EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN. THIS ONE IS FROM AROUND 1860. THE DESIGN. THIS ONE IS FROM AROUND 1860. THE MOLD BOARD IS LONGER TURNING THIS ONE IS FROM AROUND 1860. THE MOLD BOARD IS LONGER TURNING THE SOIL COMPLETELY OVER. THE MOLD BOARD IS LONGER TURNING THE SOIL COMPLETELY OVER. BELOW, THE SHARE IS A SEPARATE THE SOIL COMPLETELY OVER. BELOW, THE SHARE IS A SEPARATE PIECE WHICH CAN BE REMOVED FOR BELOW, THE SHARE IS A SEPARATE PIECE WHICH CAN BE REMOVED FOR SHARPENING, AND LATER STEEL PIECE WHICH CAN BE REMOVED FOR SHARPENING, AND LATER STEEL WOULD REPLACE THIS WOODEN BEAM. SHARPENING, AND LATER STEEL WOULD REPLACE THIS WOODEN BEAM. IN ADDITION TO THE BLACKSMITH WOULD REPLACE THIS WOODEN BEAM. IN ADDITION TO THE BLACKSMITH SHOP, DEERE BUILT A HOUSE FOR IN ADDITION TO THE BLACKSMITH SHOP, DEERE BUILT A HOUSE FOR HIS FAMILY WHICH IS STILL SHOP, DEERE BUILT A HOUSE FOR HIS FAMILY WHICH IS STILL STANDING TODAY. HIS FAMILY WHICH IS STILL STANDING TODAY. COMPLETED IN 1836, IT WAS THE STANDING TODAY. COMPLETED IN 1836, IT WAS THE SECOND FRAMED HOUSE IN TOWN. COMPLETED IN 1836, IT WAS THE SECOND FRAMED HOUSE IN TOWN. ALTHOUGH IT GREW OVER THE YEARS, SECOND FRAMED HOUSE IN TOWN. ALTHOUGH IT GREW OVER THE YEARS, IT IS STILL PRETTY SMALL BY OUR ALTHOUGH IT GREW OVER THE YEARS, IT IS STILL PRETTY SMALL BY OUR STANDARDS. IT IS STILL PRETTY SMALL BY OUR STANDARDS. JOHN DEERE MOVED HERE WITHOUT STANDARDS. JOHN DEERE MOVED HERE WITHOUT HIS FAMILY BECAUSE AT THAT TIME JOHN DEERE MOVED HERE WITHOUT HIS FAMILY BECAUSE AT THAT TIME HIS WIFE WAS EXPECTING THEIR HIS FAMILY BECAUSE AT THAT TIME HIS WIFE WAS EXPECTING THEIR FIFTH CHILD. HIS WIFE WAS EXPECTING THEIR FIFTH CHILD. HOUSE HE BUILT JUST HAD TWO FIFTH CHILD. HOUSE HE BUILT JUST HAD TWO ROOMS, THE MAIN BEDROOM AND THIS HOUSE HE BUILT JUST HAD TWO ROOMS, THE MAIN BEDROOM AND THIS FAMILY ROOM. ROOMS, THE MAIN BEDROOM AND THIS FAMILY ROOM. ABOVE WAS A LOFT WHERE THE FAMILY ROOM. ABOVE WAS A LOFT WHERE THE CHILDREN SLEPT. ABOVE WAS A LOFT WHERE THE CHILDREN SLEPT. SOON AFTER HIS FAMILY'S ARRIVAL, CHILDREN SLEPT. SOON AFTER HIS FAMILY'S ARRIVAL, THE HOUSE WAS EXPANDED. SOON AFTER HIS FAMILY'S ARRIVAL, THE HOUSE WAS EXPANDED. A KITCHEN AND DINING AREA WAS THE HOUSE WAS EXPANDED. A KITCHEN AND DINING AREA WAS ADDED WHILE ABOVE THOSE ROOMS, A KITCHEN AND DINING AREA WAS ADDED WHILE ABOVE THOSE ROOMS, SPACE WAS PROVIDED FOR ADDED WHILE ABOVE THOSE ROOMS, SPACE WAS PROVIDED FOR APPRENTICE. SPACE WAS PROVIDED FOR APPRENTICE. THE DEERE'S LIVED HERE FOR 11 APPRENTICE. THE DEERE'S LIVED HERE FOR 11 YEARS AND HAD THREE MORE THE DEERE'S LIVED HERE FOR 11 YEARS AND HAD THREE MORE CHILDREN DURING THAT TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE THEY WERE HERE, THREE OF THEIR CHILDREN DIED FROM VARIOUS REASONS. HERE, THREE OF THEIR CHILDREN DIED FROM VARIOUS REASONS. ONLY FOUR REACHED THE AGE OF 20. DIED FROM VARIOUS REASONS. ONLY FOUR REACHED THE AGE OF 20. THEIR LAST CHILD WAS BORN IN ONLY FOUR REACHED THE AGE OF 20. THEIR LAST CHILD WAS BORN IN ANOTHER HOUSE IN ANOTHER TOWN. THEIR LAST CHILD WAS BORN IN ANOTHER HOUSE IN ANOTHER TOWN. AFTER THE DEERE'S LEFT, IT WOULD ANOTHER HOUSE IN ANOTHER TOWN. AFTER THE DEERE'S LEFT, IT WOULD BE 72 YEARS BEFORE THE HOME AFTER THE DEERE'S LEFT, IT WOULD BE 72 YEARS BEFORE THE HOME RETURNED TO THE FAMILY. BE 72 YEARS BEFORE THE HOME RETURNED TO THE FAMILY. IN 1919 CATH RIP BUTTERWORTH, RETURNED TO THE FAMILY. IN 1919 CATH RIP BUTTERWORTH, JOHN DEERE'S GRANDDAUGHTER, IN 1919 CATH RIP BUTTERWORTH, JOHN DEERE'S GRANDDAUGHTER, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. JOHN DEERE'S GRANDDAUGHTER, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. SHE USED IT AS A SUMMER HOME AND BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. SHE USED IT AS A SUMMER HOME AND LEFT IT TO THE JOHN DEERE SHE USED IT AS A SUMMER HOME AND LEFT IT TO THE JOHN DEERE FOUNDATION. LEFT IT TO THE JOHN DEERE FOUNDATION. SINCE THEN, HOME HAS BEEN FOUNDATION. SINCE THEN, HOME HAS BEEN RETOWARD TO ITS LATE 1830'S SINCE THEN, HOME HAS BEEN RETOWARD TO ITS LATE 1830'S APPEARANCE INCLUDING PERIOD RETOWARD TO ITS LATE 1830'S APPEARANCE INCLUDING PERIOD FURNITURE. NEARBY IS THE HOME APPEARANCE INCLUDING PERIOD FURNITURE. NEARBY IS THE HOME OF THE DEERE'S CLOSEST NEIGHBOR FURNITURE. NEARBY IS THE HOME OF THE DEERE'S CLOSEST NEIGHBOR WHICH IS ALSO OWNED BY THE OF THE DEERE'S CLOSEST NEIGHBOR WHICH IS ALSO OWNED BY THE FOUNDATION. WHICH IS ALSO OWNED BY THE FOUNDATION. TODAY IT HOUSES A GIFT SHOP FOUNDATION. TODAY IT HOUSES A GIFT SHOP WHICH OFFERS ITEMS MADE IN THE TODAY IT HOUSES A GIFT SHOP WHICH OFFERS ITEMS MADE IN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP. IN 1843 DEERE PARTED WITH LEONARD ANDRUS, A MAN WHO FIRST HIRED HIM AND GAVE HIM A STEEL LEONARD ANDRUS, A MAN WHO FIRST HIRED HIM AND GAVE HIM A STEEL SAW BLADE, TO EXPAND THEIR HIRED HIM AND GAVE HIM A STEEL SAW BLADE, TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATION INTO A NEW FACTORY. SAW BLADE, TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATION INTO A NEW FACTORY. THE LARGE BRICK BUILDING WAS OPERATION INTO A NEW FACTORY. THE LARGE BRICK BUILDING WAS LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE ROCK THE LARGE BRICK BUILDING WAS LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE ROCK RIVER WHICH TURNED THE WATER LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE ROCK RIVER WHICH TURNED THE WATER WHEEL POWERING THE DRIVE SHAFT RIVER WHICH TURNED THE WATER WHEEL POWERING THE DRIVE SHAFT OF PRODUCTION YOU JUMPED TO WHEEL POWERING THE DRIVE SHAFT OF PRODUCTION YOU JUMPED TO 1,000 PLOWS A YEAR AND JOHN OF PRODUCTION YOU JUMPED TO 1,000 PLOWS A YEAR AND JOHN DEERE ABANDONED HIS BLACKSMITH 1,000 PLOWS A YEAR AND JOHN DEERE ABANDONED HIS BLACKSMITH SHOP. DEERE ABANDONED HIS BLACKSMITH SHOP. ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SHOP. ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HISTORIC SITE IS THIS WALL AT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HISTORIC SITE IS THIS WALL AT THE RIVER ACCESSORY. HISTORIC SITE IS THIS WALL AT THE RIVER ACCESSORY. IT IS ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE THE RIVER ACCESSORY. IT IS ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE FACTORY. IT IS ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE FACTORY. THE PARTNERSHIP LASTED THREE FACTORY. THE PARTNERSHIP LASTED THREE YEARS. THE PARTNERSHIP LASTED THREE YEARS. ANDRUS CONTINUED TO RUN THE YEARS. ANDRUS CONTINUED TO RUN THE FACTORY MAKING THE ARE PLOWS ANDRUS CONTINUED TO RUN THE FACTORY MAKING THE ARE PLOWS WHILE DEERE MOVED TO MOLINE. FACTORY MAKING THE ARE PLOWS WHILE DEERE MOVED TO MOLINE. TO MINIMIZE COSTS, DEERE NEEDED WHILE DEERE MOVED TO MOLINE. TO MINIMIZE COSTS, DEERE NEEDED BETTER TRANSPORTATION. TO MINIMIZE COSTS, DEERE NEEDED BETTER TRANSPORTATION. THE ROCK RIVER WAS NOT BETTER TRANSPORTATION. THE ROCK RIVER WAS NOT NAVIGABLE, RAW MATERIALS HAD TO THE ROCK RIVER WAS NOT NAVIGABLE, RAW MATERIALS HAD TO BE SHIPPED TO THE QUAD SETS AND NAVIGABLE, RAW MATERIALS HAD TO BE SHIPPED TO THE QUAD SETS AND BROUGHT OVER LAND. BE SHIPPED TO THE QUAD SETS AND BROUGHT OVER LAND. SO DEERE MOVED TO WHERE HE HAD BROUGHT OVER LAND. SO DEERE MOVED TO WHERE HE HAD ACCESS TO BOTH THE RAILROADS AND SO DEERE MOVED TO WHERE HE HAD ACCESS TO BOTH THE RAILROADS AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TODAY THE JOHN DEERE HISTORIC SITE GIVES VISITORS A GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN A PIONEER TOWN AND THE SITE GIVES VISITORS A GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN A PIONEER TOWN AND THE SKILLS AN AGRICULTURAL TOWN LIFE IN A PIONEER TOWN AND THE SKILLS AN AGRICULTURAL TOWN NEEDED TO BE VIABLE. SKILLS AN AGRICULTURAL TOWN NEEDED TO BE VIABLE. BUT IT IS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF NEEDED TO BE VIABLE. BUT IT IS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF A COMPANY THAT WOULD BECOME THE BUT IT IS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF A COMPANY THAT WOULD BECOME THE WORLD LEADER IN THE A COMPANY THAT WOULD BECOME THE WORLD LEADER IN THE MANUFACTURING OF AGRICULTURAL WORLD LEADER IN THE MANUFACTURING OF AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION MANUFACTURING OF AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOHN DEERE HISTORICAL EQUIPMENT. 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