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Birth
Born in now Dearborn Michigan -
Wife
Henry Ford married Clara Bryant. -
Quadricycle
He built an engine and completed his first automobile, the Quadricycle -
Detroit Automobile Company
Ford forms the Detroit Automobile Company -
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New Cars
Created car Models A, B, AC, C, F, K, N, R, and S. -
The Beginning
Ford and Alexander Malcomson start the Ford Motor Company -
Model T
Introduction of the popular Model T -
Assembly
Ford begins the first automobile assembly line in the world -
Entertainment
Ford starts a moving picture department -
Pay Rate
The announcement that employees would be payed $5/day instead of $2.34 as was everywhere else. -
Rouge Plant
Ford buys land along river Rouge to create the Rouge Plant -
Peace Ship
Ford calls a conference to discuss his plan to end World War 1, which fails. -
Resignation
Henry Ford resigns -
Election
Ford’s son Edsel is elected president of the company -
Fordlandia
I can’t believe this but Ford bought land in Brazil to make rubber plantations known as “Fordlandia” -
Re-Election
Ford is re-elected president of Ford Motor Company
