He rose from obscurity to become the 20th century's most influential American innovator. The biography of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the ...

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, cars were little more than noisy playthings for the rich. Roads were dusty trails meant for ...

Automobile manufacturer Henry Ford, left, and his son, Edsel, in one of their car showrooms in January 1928. (AP) (AP) Perspective by Victoria Saker Woeste Last week, Jack O’Reilly, the mayor of ...

There is no record of the exact formula Ford used to make the plastic components of the automobile. Contemporaneous sources claimed that in addition to soybeans, it was composed of other agricultural ...

On this date 125 years ago, Henry Ford finished building his first four-wheeled vehicle and drove it on the streets of Detroit. It was called the Quadricycle. "And the rest, as they say, is history," ...

The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation will reopen its doors in July to guests, although the awe-inspiring experience may not be what some are used to as the facility enacts new safety ...