Growing up behind the wheel of an old, chartreuse-colored Steiger Bearcat, I felt as if I was on top of the world. The tractor may have been worn out when my father bought it, but it still marked a ...

Henry Ford's mechanical interests went much further than automobiles. Ford also built America's foundational airliner, the Ford Trimotor, and kick-started the production of modern tractors, too. In ...