PARTNERS IN PROGRESS

COLLECTORS AND STUDENTS JOIN FORCES TO CREATE MUSEUM CELEBRATING EARLY MANUFACTURERS IN OHIO’S CRAWFORD COUNTY

Fred Hendricks

Ohio’s Crawford County is on the eastern edge of America’s corn belt. While the county is steeped in agriculture history, the county seat of Bucyrus was home to more than two dozen manufacturing operations at the onset of the industrial revolution. The Crawford Museum of Agriculture – created by old iron enthusiasts, FFA students and local supporters – celebrates that heritage. Beautiful Bucyrus, a publication produced by the Bucyrus Industrial Assn. in 1911, lists 30 local manufacturers. Agriculture-related companies included Blair, a producer of hog and pig rings; Crooks & Uhl Machine Works, manufacturers of wrenches; Shunk Plow Co., builders of plows and farm wagons; and Leah Handle Co., makers of tool handles. These companies were touted as having the largest factories of their class in the world. An early…

You're reading a preview of

Farm Collector (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2022

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.