Today, John Deere is remembered-some say mistakenly-as the inventor of the steel plow.
There, in response to farmers\' struggles, he designed a new plow that cut through the impervious prairie sod and lay open the rich, heavy soil for planting..
Who was this legendary man and how did he create the internationally renowned company that still bears his name? He began as a debt-stricken blacksmith who, fleeing debt in New England in the 1830s, set up shop in a little town on the Illinois frontier.
Today, John Deere is remembered-some say mistakenly-as the inventor of the steel plow