Oliver Heritage Issue #09 - Digital Copy

Oliver Heritage Issue #09 Sept/Oct 2005 - Digital Copy

• FEATURING: Oliver's Model 35 Self-Propelled Combine: When the Oliver Chilled Plow Works merged with Nichols and Shepard in 1929, the Battle Creek company had already been in the harvesting equipment business since 1848.

• Cletrac Facts: Cletrac Becomes a Full-Line Company. A look at the Model F, Rollin Automobile, Model 20K, Model 30 A, and others.

• An 11-Day Tractor Drive: Washington D.C. or Bust. In 1969, a group of men, women, and children gathered for an 800-mile ride with a real purpose.

• Ask the Oliver Mechanic: Question and answer with Larry Harsin.

• Dealer Feature: Vahrenberg Bros - Higginsville, MO.

• Curator's Corner with Todd Stockwell: Research strategies and identifying a few potential archival sources for agricultural mechanization. 

• The Oliver Cockshutt Connection: If you compare Oliver and Cockshutt, you will find numerous similarities. 

• Collector's Corner: Oliver Newsletters.

• Sam's Tales: This series of articles will have excerpts from my interview with former Oliver President, Same White, Jr. Rather than put it in story form, these are his words just as they were told to me.