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Show ‘the Salt Lake ‘iribune Friday, Jwiy 19, 1996 AUTUMUTIVE HenryFord was a dreamer who persevered Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Of all the innovative dreamers who tinkered with horseless car- riages in the late 19th century, only one name remains a household word: Henry Ford. Nearly a half century after his death, Ford's legend and legacy live on notonlyin the institutions he founded, but in the hearts, minds — and especially the driveways — of millions of people around the world. During his lifetime, Ford became a larger-than-life figure and arguably the most influential industrial leader of all time. But when his career was beginning in 1896, he was very much an ordi- amazing machine. Mary Ford died on March 29, 1876 cf complications from the birth of her eighth child, who had Ford, young Henry grew up on a farm near Detroit in what was then called Greenfield Township (now knownas Dearborn). own power, half century later. “I was off the wagon and talking to the engineer before my father, who was driving, knew whatI wasup to.” Unlike the horse-drawn portable engines Ford had previously seenin use, this vehicle could propel itself to the site whereit was to be used, then supply the power Three years after seeing that let to provide a crude spark. Clara Eventually Ford got a job with ries of rented homes while Ford Westinghouse. He traveled followed, setting up housein a se- ant Ford, Henry Ford was named Chief Engineer of Station A, the workshop at his family farm. Ford also began to take an in- main plantof Edison Illuminating Co. Since the job required that he be available day and night, Ford dances and husking bees. On New moved his family to a house nearby y: terest in social life, attending ture wife, Clara Jane Bryant, at a dancing club. They became en- lights flickeredasthelittle engine ‘coughed,’ then continued to run workedas an engineer for Edison Illuminating Company. Shortly after the Nov. 6, 1893 birth of their only son, Edsel Bry- off-season, Ford experimented with small electrical devices in a Year's Eve 1885, he met his fu- Ford’s formal education began sink and rigged anelectrical out- and a willingness to work hard Ford would later call “learning by doing.” Whenever a task was giv- ‘ceed. experimenting and making im- spooned gasolineinto the engine’s intake valve while her husband turned the flywheel. The house throughout Michigan, demonstrating and repairing portable steam engines. During the winter for a few important seconds. Happy with the result, Henry At 58 Bagley Avenue there was dreams of their own. But it was “ 2 Fuptuntotestewishin ve -to arithmetic, and learned lessons in morality from the McGuffy Meanwhile, Ford's father was still hopeful that his son would be- with his dress shoes always hand: ‘The bome was equipsDee ee ating affordablecars that virtualI an Guia ROuLA drive; never a dull moment. Even while atephones. oY Pe h af vy d acres ofland with the stipulation 4 ates hed a Thathe resumed a rurallifestyle, Henry Ford had not given up on his hours tinkering, and where a lifeong dream wastaking shape. both, he summed up his accomplishments in a personal inter- comotive him assist with farm machinery repairs. ease the back-breaking drudge: of farm labor. Ingen, he ce putting what he hadlearnedinthe ‘ouse on Bagley found the Fords in the kitchen — but not preparing a holiday dinner. Instead, “T havetried to live mylife as my mother would have wished,” Ford said. “I believe I have done, Henry's earlyfascination with loWhile the United States markedits centennial, Ford's life use, discovering more 900—Domestic Cars| ‘95 BUICK ” Henry Ford had clamped an ex- LS Ao6 | | nitely feel more secure riding downPacific Coast Highway in one.” 4 ‘Corporation and is included as an { pistessnpeek le aac gl sematphad pele asl we eRe Opinions of TheahidyosmDibraunigarapinay<Page erty i Echeiiain to BURRETRIID hw eeICHae ptfomoive,” 138 8. Main St, Sat Lake Cty, UT 84111 wy ManagingEditor i { hope a | i | Kent Condon ! as far as | could, just what she i hoped for me.” 900—Domestic Cars | 900—Domestic Cars gulio, V2. “Ware ae easy to drive they are. You defi- wey ae ie A. oe perimental engine to the kitchen 900—Domestic Cars V6, loaded, 4 dr, casos i 5 i Automotive WeSee arama enone RAUEDED most. Long after he had achieved dreams of machines that would ‘ Their a ayuaa ie e 2 about power and equipment by mennever drove them because they thought they were a bus. Then they saw how safe and with “Automotive”is published each Friday by the Newspaper ae ng h reed. Sued that Henry cutthe timber, clear SCM! aes Palin the” the land and farm it. Although he house. That was where Ford spent city to goodies: jammed front and back, satellite tracking systems to help navigate, burled wood accents and plush iy try. His mother taught him to read. His father, noticing young many of the educational tools he would need to triumph in indus- Nintendo games, videocassette bans | Henry Leland, Elwood Haynes and David Buick were pursuing SeanaSateirPck au had already provided him with 4 4 three years. Before that, wo- players, cellular telephones in these days are $85,000 Subur- June 4, 1896. All across the nation, talented mechanics such as Ransom Olds, gaged April 19, 1886 and were married twoyears later. come a farmer andoffered him 80 lots at trendy watering holes Ford continued to experiment with gasoline engines with the goal of creating a “‘horseless carriage." He realized his dream on with a one-and-a-half-mile walk ‘to the Scotch Settlement School conJan. 11, 1871. He took readily Helectic Readers. Ford’s parents oncerns? Top-of- the-line satellite:‘based securi systems, as well as bullet ing that meets U.S. Secret Service specifications, can be orered. dered. Leno on the “Tonight” show. Recent gas hikes exceeding Whoelse drives these things? Bruce Willis, Rod Stewart, Ja- $2 a gallon didn’t faze BHMA’s net Jackson, Charlie Sheen, well-heeled clientele. TwentyJennie Garth, mone Larro- seven gas-thirsty Suburbans, being quette, itewart and Yukons and Tahoes are Mary Hart. Jim Gany with a transformed this month alone $20 million paycheck from his apeppy living rooms on latest film “The Cable Guy,” ae60 percent of those ay: just ordered one. But these aren't your every- ers are women, “They are women with famday assembly-line products. Zooming through tony neigh- ilies,” BHMA owner Andy Coborhoods and lining parking hensaid.“Thisis new in thellast ‘The earliest known photographof Ford and his Quadricyele in Detroit, Mich., 1896, When her husband’s dreams drew them back to Detroit, Clara and learn. Meri Fox, a father of three, told Jay provements to farm machines. man with a knack for mechanics about life from their parents. His mother, Henry Ford would later recall, “never stopped until she had accomplished her purpose.” Ford would explain it thoroughly, ‘then answer any questions. From thenon, it was expected that the ‘youngster would figure out how ‘to accomplish the task, and suc- comfort and performance nimbleness. “I went from a Ferrari, Now, Idrive a Suburban,” MichaelJ. the family farm for Detroit to facturing center, Detroit offered many opportunities for a young en to one of the children, William moths jammed with creature needed for tasks such as threshing or sawing. seek work, Already a busy manu- His father believed in what ling 12 miles per gallon, the Suburban isn’t for the But affluent’ Baby would seem an odd choice. But with kids love themsand ly Hills Motoring transforms the Suburban, the pular chase carin presidential motor- mere vehicles into dream macades that’s big enough to carry chines dripping with luxurious amenities, an entire soccer team, has In addition to the interior come Hollywood's hottest set of creature comforts, there's a suwheels. Brentwood housewives, Ma- percharger, custom headers and special exhaust to goose libu eae and Sahertatac moguls have swapped the perievinance: Alloy wheels, BMW and Mercedes-Benz for special tires, flared wheelwells these four-wheel-drive behe- aod ey fog lamps dress up nessed: a steam-powered engine remarkable machine, Ford left many Clients use fax machines scier their custom wheels. to age they confer on their owners, the boxy Suburban andits 20-inch-shorter cousins, the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon, younger Ford saw the most remarkable sight he had ever wit- Amid some 90 acres of grain siblings learned strong lessons a town almost singularly Raeans with cars and the im- ther in a horse-drawn wagon, the chards, Henry Ford andhis five and hay, peach and apple or- ae Motors Corp.’s Suburbans. Young Henry continued to as- “I remember that engine as though I had seenit only yesterday,” Ford remarked nearly a Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories, known as the “Nel i Goodbye, anes latest Malibustatus symbols are Gen- pair machinery. One day in July while riding to Detroit with his fa- moving along the road underits of the American Civil War and the recent battle at Gettysburg. The second-born and eldest surviving son of William and Mary (Litogot) (AP) — sist with the farm chores and re- nary man: a husband, father and Ford's July 30, 1863 birth date is a bright footnote in history's pages, which were at the time dominated by the turbulent story By Jeff Wilson Associated Press Writer BEVERLY Ble Calif. also died. 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