Saturday, February 7, 2004
John Deere…
was born in Rutland, Vermont, on this date in 1804. Deere invented the steel plow to replace the cast iron version.

was born in Rutland, Vermont, on this date in 1804. Deere invented the steel plow to replace the cast iron version.

was born near Pepin, Wisconsin, on this date in 1867. When she was 63-years-old she began writing about her pioneer childhood beginning with Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and Little House on the Prairie (1935).