AGRICULTURE: mechanization in 1800’s

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the board of Visit Quad Cities, as well as the Kitchen Cabinet, the Food and Agriculture Advisory Board at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Reach Neil at www.neildahlstrom.com.