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Henry Ford was born in Greenfield Township, Michigan.
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Henry's father wanted him to take over the family farm, but he refused. He left home when he was 16 years old to become a machinist.
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Took work operating and servicing portable Steam engines.
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Ford married Clara Bryant.
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Moved to Detroit
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Henry Ford only had one son, Edsel.
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Henry worked for Thomas Edison at Detroit Edison Illuminating Company. Ford and Edison became good friends.
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Henry developed first car. He called it the Quadricycle. (This picutre is Henry and his wife in a quadricycle.)
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Ford produced a race car called the 999. It was driven in a record breaking race by, Barney Oldfield.
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He created Ford Motor Company
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Ford's second car in production was Model T and was sold for $825.
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Ford assembly plants established in Britain.
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Assembly plants established in Canada.
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Model T could be produced in about 93 minutes.
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Investors of Ford Motor Company sued Henry Ford so that he could not use company money and purchase land or change models without their permission. Investors won.
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Ford resigned as president of Ford Motor Company because of the actions of the investors. He felt they were not letting him control his company.
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He publicly announced that he was going to create another automobile company and sell the cars cheaper than Ford. Investors of Ford panicked and sold all stocks back to Ford Motor Company. This gave the Ford family complete control of the company.
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Model A was produced
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During World War I - Ford went into aviation business. Aircraft called 4AT Trimotor (Tin Goose) was a success. First flight was on June 11, 1926.
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Ford had dealership on 6 continents
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more than 4 million model A's were produced
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Every year Ford wants to create a new assembly so they toss out the old and put in the new.
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Son died of stomach cancer.
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After son's death, Henry became president of the company once again.
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Ford suffered a stroke and left him mentally and physically unable to care for the business. The company started loosing a lot of money every month.
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Henry passed presidency to his grandson due to his declining helath.
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Henry Ford passed away from cerebral hemorrhage. He was 83 years old
