- Henry Ford established the Ford car company.
- He was born on June 30, 1863 in Michigan.
- His mother died in child birth when he was 12.
- He got a watch for his 13th birthday, and took it apart to put it back together.
- He liked bird-watching and dancing.
- He got a job where he could work with boat motors in Detroit.
- He got married to Clara Wright.
- Ford built what he called a quadricycle, which was meant to look like two bicycles put together.
- He started racing cars, then began the Ford company.
- The first car sold from Ford was a Model A, sold to a dentist.
- He wanted to make a car that could drive on dirt, and he succeeded with the Model T. It was a very popular car, and he couldn’t build enough on time for everyone.
- Men at Ford had to work all night.
- Ford paid $5 a day so that other people would want to work there.
- He eventually started making airplanes.
- He also set up schools, because he loved kids.
- The Model T became outdated, so Ford made a newer Model A.
- The new Model A was successful.
- Ford shut down the company so he could think of new cars, and a riot broke out and 5 men died.
- People were drawn back to work again when Ford had an inspiration.
- The working conditions in Ford were miserable.
- A strike soon formed, and even his wife Clara was involved.
- When Henry Ford died of a cerebral hemorrhage, at the age of 83 on April 30, 1947
- His oldest son, Ezel Ford, died of cancer in the stomach, liver, and other diseases, so his other son, Henry Ford II took over the Ford company.