Backyard Journeys
John Deere Pavilion
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A historic site in Moline displays the early days of John Deere’s home and business.
The John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois preserves the historic site of Deere’s first blacksmith shop, a working recreation of the shop and his family home. Deere came to Illinois in 1836 with four (soon to be five) children and a wife to support. After witnessing the inadequacy of cast irons plows on prairie soil, he developed a steel plow and by the late 1840s was making over 1000 a year.
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Backyard Journeys
John Deere Pavilion
Clip | 6m 56s
The John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois preserves the historic site of Deere’s first blacksmith shop, a working recreation of the shop and his family home. Deere came to Illinois in 1836 with four (soon to be five) children and a wife to support. After witnessing the inadequacy of cast irons plows on prairie soil, he developed a steel plow and by the late 1840s was making over 1000 a year.
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